German Luxury Ocean Liners
Author: Nils Schwerdtner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 1445614715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfusely illustrated history of German ocean liners and cruise ships.
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Author: Nils Schwerdtner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 1445614715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfusely illustrated history of German ocean liners and cruise ships.
Author: Will Miller
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780850598902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Berry
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2020-12-04
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0750996471
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore the history of ocean liners through the objects that bring them to life. Liners represented the ambitions of their nations in peace and war; their design, interiors and fittings incorporated the finest contemporary technological and artistic features. In peacetime they carried celebrities, vacationers and emigrants; while in war they carried thousands of troops – and then war brides seeking new lives. A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects takes in evolving technology, supreme luxury and fine cuisine, as well as hardship and the burning hope for a better life. There is peril, disaster and death, international pride and competition, glory and war. The objects tell a fascinating story, showing how the functional sea voyage has evolved from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to the huge cruise industry we have today.
Author: Lee Server
Publisher: New Line Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781880908860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The golden age of ocean liners tells the remarkable story of the international competition to build the world's fastest, largest, and most luxurious ships, and captuers in 97 vivid illustrations the glamour of this extraordinary era"--Cover
Author: Peter Newall
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2018-01-30
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 1526723174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“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: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2015-11-15
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1445649691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam H. Miller, 'Mr Ocean Liner', looks back at the great ships owned and operated by Cunard-White Star during the 1930s.
Author: John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780747502678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrand Luxe is a fully illustrated book about the great transatlantic liners. The photographs capture their ostentatious luxury, while the text explores the role of the luxury ocean liner both as a showcase for representative period decor and as a reflection of the social ethos of the time.;The turning-point in the history of the interior decoration of the ocean liner came in the 1880s, when a German architect called Johannes Poppe introduced the decor of his Bremen villa into the steamships of the Norddeutscher Lloyd company. The advent of the luxury liner was made possible by an increase in the amount of space for saloons etc and an improved safety record which resulted in passengers feeling sufficiently at ease to take an interest in their surroundings.;Britain's Cunard and White Star lines responded to the competition with such ships as the "Mauretania" and the ill-fated "Titanic". Other liners such as the "Ile de France", the "Queen Mary" and the "Queen Elizabeth" followed until the 1950s when the steamship era finally ended.
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Motorbooks
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory of 20th century passenger ships including the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Mauretania, Normandie, and the United States.
Author: Anthony Burton
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2024-07-30
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1399049836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere has always been a romance around ocean liners, but this book looks behind the romance to show the reality of travelling the oceans of the world. The book starts with the first scheduled transatlantic crossings in the age of sail, then moves on through the development of the steamers and ends in the present day, when ocean liners have given way to airliners. All aspects of the subject are discussed. The experience of travelling by sea varied enormously from the luxury of first-class travel to the often brutal conditions endured by immigrants. Ship design developed in the race between competing companies to provide the most powerful ships. But while technology came into the fundamental design, when it came to décor, for many of the great liners the interiors looked back with a romanticised view of the past. It is not always realised that a great liner might have almost as many crew as passengers, and this looks at all those who kept the ships running, from the black gang in the engine room to the captain on the bridge. The result is a rounded view of what it meant to travel on some of the greatest ships ever built.
Author: John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Published: 2004-04-28
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0821228846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.