Routes Collection (page 4)

Imperial Airways Poster, travel in comfort
Imperial Airways Poster, Travel In Comfort, serving Europe, Africa, India and the East, depicting a globe with routes marked. 20th century

Grand Trunk Railway 1879
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and its connections, 1879 Date: 1879

Passenger Traffic map
Plan of licensed stage coaches running between London and the East of England, c.1840 Date: c. 1840

Dominion Line steamers
Dominion Line, Royal mail steamers, weekly sailings between England, American and Canada, 1899 Date: 1899

Empire exports poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, The Empires Highway To India (Exports) Date: 1927-1933

Malta
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, The Empires Highway To India (Malta) Date: 1927-1933

Processional route for the 1937 Coronation
Incredibly detailed aerial view of central London by ILN special artist G.H. Davis showing the processional route to and from Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937

Train routes through Eastern Asia operated by the South Manchurian Railway Co. Date: circa 1905

Titanic - Danger Field of the Atlantic with routes through i
A diagram or map showing the dangerous area of the Atlantic Ocean indicating steamer routes that cut through fog and ice. It was here that the Titanic hit an iceberg on 15 April 1912

Coronation. The main column of Pikemen
The main body of the Pikemen and Liverymen of the City of London march past the west door of the Abbey on their way to take up position on the route. 1953

Interpol, Paris, 1960S
A drug-smuggling map of the world, with lines showing the routes by which narcotics are taken from country to country. Date: 1960s

Afghanistan / Bolan Pass
Vultures swoop to feed on carrion. The Bolan Pass was one of the routes used by the British to invade Afghanistan in November 1878. Date: 1878

Mombasa - Kenya - Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus at Mombasa, Kenya - overlooks the entrance to the old port and was built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596 to protect the trade routes to India and East Africa

The Neutral Umbrella
A small umbrella of neutrality offers little shelter to Holland, Norway and the USA who find they are all affected either by cutting of their trade routes

Toll reform committee map
A map of London presented to Lord Palmerston by the Toll Reform Committee of 1857. The committee sought to eliminate unnecessary tolls from routes into London

Map of Central Africa showing the likely routes of the Emin
Engraved map showing Central Africa and the predicted routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer

SHORT CALEDONIA
One of the new generation of monoplane flying boats which will replace the stately old biplanes, this will be used by Imperial Airways on long distance passenger routes

Cant Z. 506 Airone
The CANT Z-506 Airone (Heron) is a seaplane built for Ala Littorias Adriatic routes; when war comes it will be adapted as a torpedo bomber

IN A FARMAN GOLIATH
The Farman Goliath is Frances principal commercial passenger carrier, employed on such routes as the one to London

Handley Page Hannibal
With the near-identical HP42W (= western, i.e. European) Heracles, the stately HP42E (= eastern) Hannibal class are the flagships of Imperial Airways on routes to India etc

Russian Ice Breaker 2
The YERMAK (variously spelt) built in Britain for the Russians who employ it to clear sea-routes on Lake Baikal

Crowded Air-Lanes
When air travel becomes popular, the sky routes will become as crowded as those on the surface : some kind of air traffic control will surely be needed

Europe Trade W. Asia Map
A map showing the extent of European trade with Asia in the 18th century

Mecca Pilgrim Routes
Pilgrim-routes to Mecca from Morocco

Italian Steam Tram
Steam trams are a nuisance in cities, but on rural routes like this Italian example they are economical and provide low cost transportation for low- paid workers

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