# 45983

“World Air Routes”

Osaka : Mainichi Shinbun, 1930. Map, printed in colour, 73.5 x 104 cms, old folds as issued, a couple of small paper tape reinforcements verso.

A Japanese sugoroku boardgame published by the daily Osaka newspaper Mainichi Shinbun on 1st January 1930. The central feature is a map of the world on a Mollweide projection, allowing Japan to be at the centre of the map. Significant events in the history of aviation are documented on the map, including the flight of the Graf Zeppelin, Lindbergh’s “Spirit of Saint Louis”, the US Army’s circumnavigation of the world, an Italian airship to the North Pole and others, The border of the map is filled with photographic vignettes of places of the world, as well as local inhabitants.