262 - WEATHER MAP WITH HANDWRITTEN FLIGHT PLAN THAT BELONGED TO JEAN MERMOZ, DATED JUNE 1929

WEATHER MAP WITH HANDWRITTEN FLIGHT PLAN THAT BELONGED TO JEAN MERMOZ, DATED JUNE 1929 Map background printed on paper and labeled: “PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN / By the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, Washington, D.C.” [Based on research conducted in the early 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury, lieutenant in the U.S. Navy] Bearing handwritten annotations: a line drawn from “V.(illa) Cisneros,” “Pointe du Pêcheur,” to Cap St. Roc, passing through the Cape Verde Islands annotated “Sault,” “Fego,” and “Santiago.” A second line extending from Saint Louis to Natal locates “Becfigue,” “Phocée,” “Bemtivi,” and “Cigogne”—the Company’s various aviso vessels that were stationed offshore and could provide assistance to an aircraft in distress if necessary. 33 x 24 cm (Sun-faded paper, creases, soiling, scattered tears) A weather map with a handwritten flight plan, formerly belonging to Jean Mermoz, dated June 1929 Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family