London Underground Tube Map. Second edition - 1933.
Already seeing some changes to the first edition.
The Logo on the Roundel has the initials LPTB for "London Passenger Transport Board".
A notation on the map states that Dover Street Station will become "Green Park" when works are completed in September 1933.
Holborn and British museum Stations are being merged into one when works are completed in September 1933.
Interchanges are now marked with circles.
A rare map.
Some condition issues. Foxing all over and some wear to the top and bottom of the fold marks.
The new design for the London Underground map was inaugurated in 1933.
Henry Charles Beck (1902 – 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1933.
.It is based on an electrical circuit diagram. As the London Transport system grew in size, Beck realised that maps of the underground based on a geographical layout, were becoming more difficult for the travelling public to use and he set out to find a more user-friendly map that users of the 'tube' would find it easier to navigate their way around the system. Although his design was initially rejected, the Publicity Office of London Transport changed their minds after Beck resubmitted an updated copy and the map was first issued as a pocket edition in January 1933. It was immediately popular, and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since. Harry Beck wanted to make the network easier to understand by colouring each train route and using straight lines and 45 degree angles.
