COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Blondel La Rougery, Max
Date:
1960
Short Title:
M. M. Messageries Maritimes
Publisher:
Blondel La Rougery
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
71
Obj Width cm:
106
Scale 1:
38,000,000
Note:
Time zone indications. At the bottom of the map: main Messageries maritimes agencies.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Shipping
Subject:
Transportation
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
M. M. Messageries Maritimes
List No:
10729.000
Publication Author:
Blondel La Rougery, Max
Pub Date:
1960
Pub Title:
M. M. Messageries Maritimes
Pub Note:
"A very large and beautiful world map showing the lines of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, published in Paris in 1960 by the publishing house Blondel La Rougery. The Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes was a French shipping company founded in 1851 by Albert Rostand, a Marseille shipowner. It provided two types of lines: commercial lines, with the transport of passengers and goods; and state-subsidized lines, with the transport of mail and "state passengers". It disappeared in 1975, when it merged with the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, to become the Compagnie Generale Maritime. The map is decorated with a compass rose, and the emblem of the company in the corners, depicting a unicorn head on a crowned anchor. The shipping lines are marked by three types of lines: in red, cargo ships and occasional services, in blue, liners. The top and bottom borders are illustrated with clocks to indicate time zones. Each of the five continents has its own color. At the bottom of the map are the addresses of the eight branches of the company around the world. Top left, map of the lines in Europe. The Blondel La Rougery Editions were founded in 1902 by Edouard Blondel La Rougery. E. Blonde! La Rougery published numerous maps, including, circa 1940, a monumental bird's eye view of Paris inspired from the Turgot map of Paris of 1739. Around 1955, his successor was Max Blondel la Rougery, who directed the company until 1976." (Begonia Le Bail, 2021)
Pub List No:
10729.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
71
Pub Width cm:
106
Image No:
10729000.jp2
Authors:
Blondel La Rougery, Max
Link To Source
M. M. Messageries Maritimes
