Globe - Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, UK.
N 51° 30.770 W 000° 07.292
30U E 699727 N 5710784
Portuguese wine anybody? Maybe.
Waymark Code: WMC04G
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/10/2011
Views: 6
The globe is the symbol of Portugal and may have advertised the availability of Portuguese wine at a pub displaying the sign. However, in the same way that the Portuguese, a pioneering seafaring nation, it may be that pubs in the UK adopted the symbol at a time when British world power was increasing as a sort of boast.
Additionally, when a publican had a second trade he may have advertised this by hanging a globe outside of his establishment.
Name of Artist: Not known.
Date of current sign: Not known.
Date of first pub on site: Not known.
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