Among Replogle's best-selling models, the Franklin pairs a beautiful antique-colour 12" ball with a remarkable density of information — over 4,000 place names and political boundaries, mountain peak elevations in feet, and major shipping routes with distances between ports in nautical miles. Famous explorers' ships are marked, from Columbus's Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria to Darwin's HMS Beagle and Magellan's Victoria. Raised-relief embossing reveals the world's main mountain ranges in three dimensions.