Air France
Air France Route Map, 1952 c
24 x 38 in
61 x 97 cm
61 x 97 cm
WLD4695
Air France: Sur les Ailes d'Air France Decouvrez le Monde a Votre Tour Highly colourful pictorial map of the world as a double hemisphere promoting the services of Air...
Air France: Sur les Ailes d'Air France Decouvrez le Monde a Votre Tour
Highly colourful pictorial map of the world as a double hemisphere promoting the services of Air France. This is one of Boucher's celebrated pictorial maps of the world made in the style of the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. The scenes on the illustrated borders are allegorical representations of the four continents. A small inset on the lower centre shows the routes of the airline throughout the world.
Above an elaborate compass rose on the upper centre, there are several images of famous monuments and building around the world with the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris taking centre stage with Tower Bridge in London on the left and the Parthenon in Athens on the right. A small key in the eastern hemisphere shows Air France routes in operation, planned future air routes, and routes possible with the co-operation with other airlines.
Printed colour. Laid down on archival linen. [WLD4695]
Highly colourful pictorial map of the world as a double hemisphere promoting the services of Air France. This is one of Boucher's celebrated pictorial maps of the world made in the style of the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. The scenes on the illustrated borders are allegorical representations of the four continents. A small inset on the lower centre shows the routes of the airline throughout the world.
Above an elaborate compass rose on the upper centre, there are several images of famous monuments and building around the world with the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris taking centre stage with Tower Bridge in London on the left and the Parthenon in Athens on the right. A small key in the eastern hemisphere shows Air France routes in operation, planned future air routes, and routes possible with the co-operation with other airlines.
Printed colour. Laid down on archival linen. [WLD4695]
