Not quite true, but it never really occurred to me, and I don't often see a globe anyway, and I'm more likely to look at mountains and seas and things than political boundaries.
If I were to answer any of the above though it would probably be Yugoslavia.
Marcus Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Island)! It's a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean so it's a good way to see how they handle smaller places in the middle of nowhere. As a territory of Japan it also has a Japanese name but I'm not bothered about that.
Mostly I just spin it and marvel but if I check for anything it is to see if Cornwall is properly rendered with the "claw" at the end. Some bits are crinkly enough to matter to me but commonly get abbreviated.
It depends enormously on context and on how old the globe might be.
If I saw a globe offered for sale as new in John Lewis I'd be looking mainly at East Timor, South Sudan and Eritrea — as well as at its level of detail in other respects, of course.
If I saw a globe in a stately home, I'd be looking for the British Empire in pink. I'd be looking to see if Germany and Italy existed yet, if the Ottoman Empire still did. I'd be looking to see if America, Australia, the heart of Africa, etc. were still terræ incognitæ.
Kosovo and Montenegro had been my "is this map up to date" check. I guess South Sudan should now replace them. Also I look at places with controversial names and/or borders to see what has been chosen (Myanmar or Burma? for instance).
If I see a map (or globe) offered for sale (and not as a historical thing) I expect it to be current. I'm not sure I'd expect a globe to have Transdnistria on it, although a more detailed map probably should (I mean, if it generally marks subdivisions of countries). If I see a map (or globe) in a historical context (stately home, say) or being sold as a "historical map" then things like the extent of the British and Ottoman Empires, the shape (existence) of the Americas and Australia.
... but now you've put the idea in my head I'm going to start. See also Western Sahara (which Google Maps includes) and I know about primarily through nwhyte.
I'm reminded of the atlas I inherited from my grandfather; it had no date written in it, but I took it into school to let my history teachers have a look at it to see whether they could narrow it down. (I don't remember the verdict, though.)
Also: Kampuchea, Zaire and, in the case of late fifteenth/early sixteenth century globes, the presence of the Americas versus attaching what was known of the New World onto Asia (based on the assumption the Earth was 20% smaller than it is). Hmmm, I suppose for that period one could also add places like Antilia and Hy-Brasil...
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If I were to answer any of the above though it would probably be Yugoslavia.
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And my reaction to old maps of the Atlantic is always to look for Friesland. But I don't think I've ever seen it on a globe.
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If I saw a globe offered for sale as new in John Lewis I'd be looking mainly at East Timor, South Sudan and Eritrea — as well as at its level of detail in other respects, of course.
If I saw a globe in a stately home, I'd be looking for the British Empire in pink. I'd be looking to see if Germany and Italy existed yet, if the Ottoman Empire still did. I'd be looking to see if America, Australia, the heart of Africa, etc. were still terræ incognitæ.
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If I see a map (or globe) offered for sale (and not as a historical thing) I expect it to be current. I'm not sure I'd expect a globe to have Transdnistria on it, although a more detailed map probably should (I mean, if it generally marks subdivisions of countries). If I see a map (or globe) in a historical context (stately home, say) or being sold as a "historical map" then things like the extent of the British and Ottoman Empires, the shape (existence) of the Americas and Australia.
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[1] Everyone should watch Pointless, it has intelligence and banter and everything as well as the quizzing.
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