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Pan American Airways is the biggest of seven giants struggling for transoceanic supremacy.

  • ARTIST: Richard Edes Harrison

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Fortune Magazine, April, 1936.

  • MEDIUM: Color offset

    DATE: 1936

  • EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 14 x 22 3/8" (35.5 x 56.8 cm) plus margins

  • DESCRIPTION: A polar oriented informational map of the world showing the air routes of Pan American Airways flying boats, aka clippers. The Pam Am routes are shown in various thickness red lines, narrow 2 flights a week, medium, 3-4, heavy 5 or more. Other airlines routes are also shown in different colors. Inset map show close up of the Caribbean and the routes and type of aircraft flown which include Sikorsky, Douglas DC-2's, Ford Tri-motor and Lockheed Electras and Orions.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color. . Issued on two separate sheets and joined. Some misalignment.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps