Catalog Archive
Auction 151, Lot 255

Early Air Navigation Map

"Air Navigation Map No. 23 (Experimental) Saint Louis to Kansas City, MO.", U.S. Corps of Engineers

Subject: Missouri

Period: 1923 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
10.3 x 38.4 inches
26.2 x 97.5 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

In 1921, the United States Army Air Corps initiated a compressive evaluation of aeronautical charts in an effort to develop a standardized map for aerial navigation. Based upon this study, the Air Corps issued 63 air navigation maps covering most of the military routes in the United States. Prior to 1926, these maps were jointly compiled by the Geological Survey and U. S. Army Engineer Reproduction Plant. By 1926, the preparation of air maps shifted to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (under the Commerce Department) with the passage of the Air Commerce Act. Maps from this point on were intended to merge the growing commercial airways system with the military network.

This map covers the area from St. Louis west to Kansas City and shows elevation and contours, cities and towns, rivers, roads and railroads. Airfield classifications are shown with different symbols. True north and magnetic north are depicted. On a scale of 8 miles per inch.

References:

Condition: B+

A colorful example with light toning mostly in the blank margins. Backed in linen. Ex-library stamp on verso.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 11/19/2014

Archived