1936 The Alaska Line: Alaska Steamship Co.High Resolution Image By: Frank McCaffrey Date: 1936 (dated) Original Size: 30 x 20. 25 inches (76. 2 x 51. 5 cm) This is a reproduction of a striking map of the Territory of Alaska from 1936 (23 years pre statehood) advertising the Alaska Steamship Company. The map includes two inserts, one showing the area around Anchorage and the other, a more decorative map showing All of North America with links from many major U. S. cities to Alaska as well as a

Based on the travel accounts of Marco Polo

in which a nationwide constitutional ban on the production

starting cultural traditions at the start of what was to become one of the greatest mass settlements in history

and thus arrived in deep mountains and valleys

As countless attempts to find a Northwest Passage proved unsuccessful for hundreds of years

which is where the importance of this map lies

The detachable scale has been designed to compensate for this and should be used only with the center on Berlin

The map was originally engraved in the Flemish style by Arnold Florent van Langren and featured in Linschoten's Itinerario

carrying Americans from the other side of the continent

It wasn’t until 1720 that Gerard Van Keulen produced his first non-nautical map

During the voyage

broadside map