Hong Kong Travel Poster by Northwest Airlines, 1950 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) bearing the original Latin title

bearing the original Latin title Hydrographica descriptio

geographic knowledge of Asia and Africa

Decorative title cartouche at the top center

or astronomy

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Hong Kong Travel Poster by Northwest Airlines, 1950 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) bearing the original Latin titleHong Kong Northwest Airlines (1950) invites you into the glittering theatre of Victoria Harbour at the dawn of the jet age. Created by an anonymous commercial illustrator working in the golden era of midcentury travel advertising, this vivid poster balances romance and modernity: a traditional Chinese junk glides across calm blue green waters while a sleek airliner arcs above the skyline. A fashionable traveler in the foreground anchors the scene, her