<P> The sphericity of the Earth was established by Greek astronomy in the 3rd century BC , and the earliest terrestrial globe appeared from that period . The earliest known example is the one constructed by Crates of Mallus in Cilicia ( now Çukurova in modern - day Turkey ) , in the mid-2nd century BC . </P>
<P> The sphericity of the Earth was established by Greek astronomy in the 3rd century BC , and the earliest terrestrial globe appeared from that period . The earliest known example is the one constructed by Crates of Mallus in Cilicia ( now Çukurova in modern - day Turkey ) , in the mid-2nd century BC . </P>
when was the first globe of the world made
when was the first globe of the world made
mid-2nd century BC
mid-2nd century BC