Pan Am Flying Clippers 1947 Vintage World Route Map

Created in 1947 by renowned cartographer Richard Edes Harrison for Pan American World Airways, this route map charts the airline's global network — its famed "Flying Clipper" seaplanes and land aircraft connecting North America to Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America at the dawn of the postwar commercial aviation age. Harrison was a celebrated Time-Life cartographer known for his distinctive hill-shaded, almost three-dimensional rendering style, which gives this map a striking sense of depth rarely seen in period route maps.

Pan Am itself has since become a genuine piece of aviation nostalgia — the airline ceased operations in 1991 — making this map as much a piece of that larger, now-vanished golden age of air travel as it is a functional route chart.

This poster suits collectors of maps, lovers of vintage design, and people who furnish their homes with story-driven pieces. It fits moments like settling into a home office, curating a gallery wall, or gifting someone who keeps a passport and a stack of postcards. The rolled format makes shipping safe and simple — ready to be carefully unrolled, framed, and lived with.

Product features

- Giclée prints with vivid, fade-resistant color

- Three paper options: Fine Art (textured), Semi-Glossy (satin), Matte (low-reflection)

- Archival-quality papers with varying thicknesses (180–285 g/m²)

- Multiple sizes and horizontal/vertical orientations

- Rolled for safe shipping; blank product sourced from USA and Japan

Care instructions

- If the print does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.