article_snippet: At first glance The Fliers and Explorers Globe appears to be an ordinary antique, hidden in a small over-looked office in downtown Brooklyn, at the end of a nondescript hallway.
article_snippet: On closer inspection, however, you will discover it is actually one of the world's most fascinating relics, celebrating the giddy heights of exploration and adventure.
article_snippet: the American Geographical Society acquired the 18-inch globe in 1929 as a gift from AGS president John H. Finley. 
article_snippet: The valuable tradition of the globe signing started in 1929, when the society president, and editor-in-chief of the New York Times, John H. Finley would personally go down to the Lower Manhattan docks to welcome returning adventurers.
article_snippet: In the society's own words, the 18-inch globe is 'a priceless and unique symbol of humanity's unquenchable drive to explore the universe.'
article_snippet: A crowning glory of the AGS institution, the 18-inch globe would not have always seemed as out of place.
article_snippet: Both explorers are featured on the 18-inch globe .
article_snippet: Astronauts John Glenn, (left), and Neil Armstrong, (right) signed the 18-inch globe, after Astronauts John Glenn, (left), and Neil Armstrong, (right) space missions, orbiting the earth, and walking on the moon respectively .
article_snippet: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr, (right) signs is name on the American Geographical Society's Fliers and Explorers Globe at the White House in Washington on Feb 26, 1962.
article_snippet: the AGS's globe sits proudly in my office, holding a small slice of history of the world's most celebrated explorers .