Air France [Celestial chart of the Constellations]

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  • Year: 1648
  • Dimension: 200 x 145 ca each
  • Place of publication: Amsterdam
• Air France “Nova et Vetera” Sur la Vieille Terre des Chemins Nouveaux

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  A very decorative world map by Lucien Boucher created for Air France published in Paris at atelier Perceval, 1939. This is one of the first maps of Air France which was founded in October 1933. Shows the beginning routes of the airline, extending west to the Americas and east to China. The route Paris-New York shown dotten because still in study (the first travel was in 1946). The whole world is filled with beautiful illustrations,…

  • Author: Lucien Boucher
  • Dimension: 60 x 96 cm
  • Place of publication: Paris
  • Year: 1939