AIR FRANCE / LE PLUS GRANDE RESEAU DU MONDE. 1959. 94x156 inches. Perceval, Paris. Condition A. Eight sheets. Advertising the world's largest route system via the world's largest lithographed map, Boucher has come up with a contemporary spin on classic cartography. A map of the world is surrounded by images of such exotic destinations as Alaska, China, Istanbul, Japan and the South Pacific, and within the map itself are local vignettes, geographically or industrially related to specific parts of the world. The unusual positioning of the continents reflects a projection of the world presented by (and named after) William Briesemeister in 1953, which showed every land mass except for Antarctica.
