Globes need to be differentiated by the type of information that the artist chose to represent. Basically, either geographical or elemental. Then, there's the manner in which the artist chose to make that representation.
Tripartite geographical maps are often T-O, with East at the top. Tripartite elemental representations are often *inverted* T-O with water on the bottom half. The method of representation can be pictorial. Gower's cloud bands certainly tend more to the symbolic. And water is the perfect blend of pictorial and symbolic. Or the globe representation can be linguistic.
In the little VMs representation, the areas are distinguished based on their colors and the T-O "T" is sideways. If the elementary globes are an imagined hypothesis, then the little VMs image is a caricature of a hypothesis.
Tripartite geographical maps are often T-O, with East at the top. Tripartite elemental representations are often *inverted* T-O with water on the bottom half. The method of representation can be pictorial. Gower's cloud bands certainly tend more to the symbolic. And water is the perfect blend of pictorial and symbolic. Or the globe representation can be linguistic.
In the little VMs representation, the areas are distinguished based on their colors and the T-O "T" is sideways. If the elementary globes are an imagined hypothesis, then the little VMs image is a caricature of a hypothesis.