{"title":"Air India. The Route of the Magic Carpet","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"air-india-the-route-of-the-magic-carpet-pictorial-airline-world-route-map-1959-p-6-112272","title":"Air India—The Route of the Magic Carpet—pictorial airline  world route map 1959","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Air India—The Route of the Magic Carpet'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA joyous work of post-war airline cartography, Giorgio Trevisan’s ‘Magic Carpet’ transforms Air India’s 1959 network into an enchanted world. Its title recalls the airline’s Maharaja, conceived upon a flying carpet: an Indian host whose conveyance became a metaphor for the airline. Although known through the Arabian Nights, the flying-carpet episode is set in India, where a prince acquires it at Bisnagar—Vijayanagara—and is carried wherever he wishes. Trevisan translates that romance into the modern air age. Red routes fan from India towards Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and North America; monuments, wildlife, ships, figures, national flags and a Lockheed Super Constellation evoke the glamour of long-distance flight. Issued with the Italian-language timetable, the map expresses the ambitions of India’s flag carrier just a decade after independence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53843351372123,"sku":"P-6-112272","price":230.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112272a.jpg?v=1787236342"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/air-india-the-route-of-the-magic-carpet.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}