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SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE [TOKYO NICHI NICHI SHIMBUN / VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD.] 1939. 30x20 1/2 inches, 76x52 cm. Condition B+ / B: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tear through upper left edge affecting image. This classic, graceful evocation of a plane circling the globe was used to promote an around the world flight sponsored by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun newspaper. In August of 1939, a twin propeller Mitsubishi aircraft named the "Nippon" successfully flew around the world, a distance of nearly 60,000 kilometers. The crew of seven took fifty six days to complete the journey, marking the first time the Japanese successfully flew non-stop across both oceans.
![SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE. [TOKYO NICHI NICHI SHIMBUN / VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD.] 1939. 30x20 inches, 76x52 cm.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//929\651929.jpg)
