Imperial Airways World Map, 1937 - Bauhaus British Empire Old Map by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy - Long Haul Airline Routes Size:A2 (420x594mm) This map shows the historic

This map shows the historic North Eastern District of London

or just "Arabia" as it was known back then

villages and cities in Brecon are already visible in this map

Around the edge of the map are lovely vignettes of the citizens of the Turkish Empire

The map shows most of the towns

Imperial Airways World Map, 1937 - Bauhaus British Empire Old Map by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy - Long Haul Airline Routes Size:A2 (420x594mm) This map shows the historicA highly unusual, rare and complex map of the world, originally created by noted Bauhaus designer Laszlo Moholy Nagy and published by Imperial Airways in 1937. Imperial Airways was the first long distance British airline, mostly focusing on flights to parts of the British Empire. As you may quickly notice, this map bears some similarities to the London Underground map and that's not a coincidence! Laszlo drew upon the seminal work by Harry Beck who