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Lijnvluchten West-Europa 1929

Object Description

A fragment of the map "Europe and the near east" published by National Geographic in december 1929. The plate published in the lower left margin included a map of the passenger airline service as it existed at the time. This is a photograph of said plate.

Description (English)

A fragment of the map "Europe and the near east" published by National Geographic in december 1929. The plate published in the lower left margin included a map of the passenger airline service as it existed at the time. This is a photograph of said plate.


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Object Information

Language
English

Date
12-1929

Contributor
Mathijs Riezebos

Publisher
National Geographic Magazine

Rights
National Geographic Magazine

Creator
Cartographic Section of the National Geographic

Subject
European Airlines

Type
Map fragment

Source
the map "Europe and the near east" in the December 1929 issue of the National Geographic Magazine

photograph: 
Marc Da Costa, An upright and locked position: early aviation