Beck’s 1934 Passenger Map, No. 2 Printed Area Measurement_61.5 x 96.5 cm sheet size

Beck’s 1934 Passenger Map, No. 2 Printed Area Measurement_61.5 x 96.5 cm sheet sizeBecks diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the 20th century. First published in 1933, Beck remained directly associated with most iterations of it until 1960, except for a short period when responsibility for revising and updating the passenger map passed to Hans Schleger. This example is still tipped into a 1935 first edition of Clarence Winchesters Lets Look at London, a 170 page hardback travelogue for the short

Sir Thomas-Masterman Hardy

1722-1809) set within rococo cartouches

our map was engraved on the occasion of its recapture from the Ottomans

officially recognised

that he 'would say something in favour of the old fashioned triplet

Kingdom of Naples etc

Griechische und Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung’ published in Nuremberg by Johann Hoffman

a List of the present Parliament

The text included Martini's own account of his travels

specifically by the District Passenger Manager at Newcastle-on-Tyne

The maps (which closely follow those in Bonne’s ‘Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre’) were engraved by Scattaglia in Venice and the whole project reflects late 18th century Italian interest in the French Enlightenment

sheet size 117