This is a London Underground Tube map by Henry Charles Beck, he was an English engineering draftsman who was best known for the creation he made, the present London Underground tube map. He created his invention in his spare time at work. This London Underground map looks like an electrical circuit board when you look at it, which would make sense as the creator of this was an engineer. The main feature of his design is to change the curving lines of a real map into straight lines, to make the map easier to read. In 1932 his tube map was given a trial production and was successful with 500 copies, therefore in 1933 his design was given a full publication with 700,000 copies and just only a month after the publication there was a need for a larger print to be made. Ever since Henry Charles Beck's invention of the tube map, his idea has been used throughout the world by different subways, bus and transit companies. Many urban rail and metro maps use his principles too.
