Interesting folding map of Antarctica, one of the most decorative maps published as part of the celebration of the International Geophysical Year (July 1957-December 1958). It shows the whole continent with the natural features drawn in blue and the international bases drawn in red. The decorative pictorial border shows key explorers such as Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton, fundamental equipment for exploration, some of the ships used by various explorers and animals found in and around the Antarctic. Written in red by the South Pole are the three expeditions the made it, Amundsen on 14th December 1911, Scott on 18th January 1912 and Byrd on 29th November 1929 (by plane). The route of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (led by Dr. V.E. Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary) is drawn in thick red line from Vahsel Bay at the edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf to Dailey Island in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea. The map has a reference table in the upper left-hand corner and a facts and figures table in the lower right-hand corner. The latter mentions the area, topography, climate and seasons, vegetation, animal life and interesting facts. In the lower left-hand corner is an inset map showing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and in the upper right-hand corner one of the British Isles on the same scale as that of the Antarctic. Each land or island in the periphery of the map, New Zealand, Tasmania, the Magellan Strait, the Falkland Islands and South Africa have a discovery note written in red. Designed by “Geographia Ltd.” the firm founded in 1911 by the Hungarian Alexander Gross (1879-1958) specialized in cartography items and published by The Daily Telegraph in London, 1957.
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Uncommon brochure with a reduced version of the famous and decorative double hemisphere pictorial map prepared by Luc-Marie Bayle for TAI Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux. The depliant shows all the routes of the company.
TAI routes are shown in red. The Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux company began as a charter airline in June 1946 in association with the Messageries Maritime Shipping Company.- Dimension: 41 x 24 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
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A beautiful pictorial map of the world, showing the routes flown by French Airline Union de Transports Aériens. The world centered on Pacific is depicted physical with a nice colors.
The map shows UTA’s routes to the African Continent from Paris, primarily flying to former French colonies in West Africa, as well as to Karachi, Athens, Bangkok, Saigon, Singapore, Djakarta, Darwin and French Polynesia. Routes to Honolulu and Los Angeles from Papeete are also shown.
Union de Transports Aériens (UTA), formed in 1963 as a result of a merger between Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI), was the largest wholly privately owned, independent airline in France. It was absorbed into Air France between 1990 and 1992.- Dimension: 49 x 68 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1965
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Out of stockDiese Weltkarte zeigt die Arbeit des Menschen und die Schätze und Wirtschaftsgüter der Erde
More InfoGrande e dettagliatissima carta pittoresca del mondo disegnata da F. Heinrichsen che mostra attraverso deliziose vignette l’ingegno e l’operosità dell’uomo e le caratteristiche di tutte le aeree della Terra: accanto a ogni toponimo sono infatti riportate le caratteristiche del luogo come per esempio il tabacco a Cuba, il rum e lo zucchero nelle isole caraibiche, oro e diamanti in alcune aree dell’Africa, petrolio in Arabia, le famose olive di Creta o le vignette degli agrumi…
- Dimension: 114 x 66,5 cm
- Place of publication: Stuttgart
- Year: 1947
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Out of stockOne of the most decorative eighteenth century world maps. This J.B. Homann’s double hemisphere map of the world is richly embellished with celestial models of the northern and southern hemispheres and other natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and the Mt. Etna in Sicily erupting. Wind heads occupy the starry heavens, and two cherubs hold the title banner aloft. The map includes many famous cartographic inaccuracies with an unusually elongated northwest coastline in North America, labeled Terra Esonis. It also shows an incomplete Australia, although with place names and notes of the early discoverers included. The east coast of New Zealand is shown, along with the Tracts of Tasman’s 1642 voyage and Magellan’s Voyage. The detail in Southeast Asia is very interesting for the period, as is the treatment of Japan. Interesting text panels at bottom describe the natural phenomena.
- Dimension: 48,5 x 55 cm
- Place of publication: Nuremberg
- Year: 1720
