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A POIGNANT MAP ANNOTATED WITH THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY HE…
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289
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A POIGNANT MAP ANNOTATED WITH THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY HE…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A POIGNANT MAP ANNOTATED WITH THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY HENRI GUILLAUMET FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JEAN MERMOZ WHILE IN FLIGHT
Air France base map printed on paper, labelled ‘Map of West Africa to Brazil’ and dated ‘1934’
Handwritten annotations showing the flight path from Dakar to Natal, with the probable position of the Croix du Sud (F-AKGF) on 7 December 1936 at 8.30 am, 9.30 am and 11.43 am. Several meteorological reports recorded in sections.
Small marginal sketches depicting the profiles of two figures.
Handwritten date: ‘4 January 1937’.
65 x 45 cm
(Sun-faded paper, holes, creases, soiling, scattered tears)
An evocative annotated map recording the search undertaken by Henri Guillaumet following Jean Mermoz’s disappearance
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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