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Lot 140
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Signed Map, Overland and Overseas Flight) (1902-1974) American aviator and the first mass media super star. Lindbergh is remembered for flying The Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in May of 1927. Lindbergh took off on May 20. After 33 hours in the air, flying solo, without sleeping, and coping with adverse weather conditions, he touched down at an airfield outside Paris.His feat astounded and delighted the world and secured his position as one of the most important figures in aeronautical history. Signed (on the lower right portion just above the image of Ferdinand Magellan's Ship) vintage map "MAP SHOWING THE OVERLAND AND OVERSEAS FLIGHTS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH", 48 x 26½ in., framed to an overall size of 51½ x 31½ in., color-process lithograph mounted on board, designed by Ernest Clegg (best known for his pictorial maps that combined precise illustrations with historical facts and accuracy (this map is his most renowned), published by The John Day Company, N.Y. (as a wall map on rollers or folding), printed by American Lithographic Co., Inc., N.Y., 1928. Decorative wall map outlining the important flights of Lindbergh, notably his famous and epic transatlantic flight from New York across the Atlantic Ocean from Roosevelt Field Long Island to Paris in a plane dubbed The Spirit of St. Louis, from May 20-21, 1927. The map has an index and text for the following additional flights by Lindbergh: first flight; flight after receiving pilot's wings; as air mail pilot; from San Diego, St. Louis to New York; National Tour; Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies; and Canadian flights. The map has an elaborate cartouche with an American eagle and portrait of Lindbergh and includes some biographical information. Illustrations include the U.S. Cruiser Memphis Bringing Captain Lindbergh Home, Columbus' Ship the Santa Maria, and Ferdinand Magellan's Ship. Age toned, faint vertical creases from original folds. Attached to the back of the item is a vintage Underwood photo of Lindbergh and the woman for whom he signed the map, 5½ x 3½ in., black & white. Overall in very good condition. RARE.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500.
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