'South Pacific Skyways to New Zealand—TEAL—Tasman Empire Airways Limited'

Newsprint advert including airline route map, 1951

Rare pre-inaugural map of TEAL's celebrated Coral Route, published shortly before the commencement of the world's most glamorous post-war air services. Appearing in the November 1951 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly, the map illustrates TEAL's existing South Pacific network together with the projected extension from Fiji via Western Samoa, Aitutaki and Tahiti, issued shortly before the proving flight in late November and the inaugural passenger service the following month. Operated by magnificent Short Solent flying boats, the Coral Route quickly became an icon of luxury long-distance travel, its leisurely island-hopping schedule and silver flying boats epitomising the romance of the South Pacific before the arrival of long-range landplanes ended the era. An evocative and historically important contemporary map documenting the route at the very moment of its conception, before the Coral Route had entered popular legend.

CAPTION BELOW PICTURE: 'South Pacific Skyways to New Zealand—TEAL—Tasman Empire Airways Limited'

DATE PRINTED: November 1951    

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 21.5 x 16.0cm, 8.5 x 6.25 inches (Medium)

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: TEAL—Tasman Empire Airways Limited

PROVENANCE: Pacific Islands Monthly

TYPE: Newsprint advert including airline route map

VERSO: There is text printed on the reverse side

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy - see below.

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