Beck’s 1934 Passenger Map, No. 2 Printed Area Measurement_61.5 x 96.5 cm sheet size Griechische und Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung’ published

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

The text included Martini's own account of his travels

a List of the present Parliament

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

Beck’s 1934 Passenger Map, No. 2 Printed Area Measurement_61.5 x 96.5 cm sheet size Griechische und Orientalische Reise-Beschreibung’ publishedBecks 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