Book Description
The golden age of liners in photographs and artwork
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445624222
The golden age of liners in photographs and artwork
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 144562348X
Profusely illustrated with color illustrations
Author : Janette McCutcheon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 144562396X
The illustrated history of the most famous ocean liner afloat today.
Author : Peter Allington
Publisher : Brassey's
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
The authors' text and illustrations provide a vivid picture of how the well-established traditions of the sailing ship were adapted to promote the development of the paddle ships and the early screw vessels.
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780920277584
Author : John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2004-04-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0821228846
This book documents the creation, from keel laying to christening, of one of the most ambitious passenger vessels of all time, Cunard Line's new flagship, the Queen Mary 2. The story of the Queen Mary 2 is told by noted maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham, whose engaging text takes us through the building of the ship and details its world-class amenities.
Author : J. Kent Layton
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2009-07-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780557084463
They formed three trios of wonder ships. From the Cunard Line came the Lusitania, Mauretania, and Aquitania. From the White Star Line came the Olympic, the infamous Titanic, and the Britannic. From the Hamburg-Amerika Line came the Imperator, Vaterland and Bismarck, which would later find service as Cunard's Berengaria, the U.S. Line's Leviathan, and White Star's Majestic. They were, in turn, the fastest, most powerful, largest and most luxurious ocean liners that had ever sailed that ocean. Some would find great success; others would suffer disaster. Their careers would be affected by natural elements, by mismanagement, and by the brutalities of war. Their fates were also inextricably intertwined. The all-new 2009 Version of "Atlantic Liners" boasts over 730 photos, as well as nearly a dozen general arrangement plans of the ships. An Introduction has been penned by Mark Chirnside.
Author : Patrick Stephens Limited
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Peter Newall
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526723174
“A truly comprehensive publication, running the gamut from the first Atlantic sail-enhanced steamers to today’s remaining handful of combi-liners.” —Maritime Matters Before the advent of the jet age, ocean liners were the principal means of transport around the globe, and carried migrants and business people, soldiers and administrators, families, and lone travelers to every corner of the world. Though the ocean liner was born on the North Atlantic it soon spread to all the other oceans and in this new book the author addresses this huge global story. The account begins with Brunel’s Great Eastern and the early Cunarders, but with the rise in nationalism and the growth in empires in the latter part of the 19th century, and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the colonial powers of Spain, France, and Germany soon established shipping lines of their own, and transpacific routes were opened up by Japanese and American lines. The golden age between the two world wars witnessed huge growth in liner traffic to Africa, Australia and New Zealand, India, and the Far East, the French colonies, and the Dutch East and West Indies, but then, though there was a postwar revival, the breakup of empires and the arrival of mass air travel brought about the swan song of the liner. Employing more than 250 stunning photographs, the author describes not just the ships and routes, but interweaves the technical and design developments, covering engines, electric light, navigation and safety, and accommodation. A truly unique and evocative book for merchant ship enthusiasts and historians.
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Trans-Atlantic Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Ocean liners
ISBN : 9780752210582