Author: William H. MillerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445638304
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Bill Miller looks back nostalgically at the P&O and Orient Line vessels of the 1950s and 1960s.
East of Suez
Author: William H. MillerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445634368
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The ships on the Australia run were still popular after passenger shipping had ceased on the Atlantic. Miller and Noble tell the story of the last Pacific liners.
Italian Liners of the 1960s
Author: Ian SebirePublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398108073
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Packed with superb rare and previously unpublished illustrations, Ian Sebire looks at the defining works of the great Italian naval architect Nicolo Costanzi.
Along the Hudson
Author: William H. MillerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144562320X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The glamour age of ocean liner travel was the 1950s. Nothing could compete with the ocean liner and huge profits were made by the shipping lines. William H Miller tells the story of Luxury Liner Row in this Golden Age.
Maritime Science and Technology: Changing Our World
Author: Nigel WatsonPublisher: Lloyd's Register
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book addresses some key questions - Did the marine sector drive the developing technologies? Or did it just adopt them? It would appear that the former is the case - as the industry has moved from sail to steam, from steam to internal combustion engines, from wood to steel and to increasing sizes and types of specialist vessels - the pioneers of naval architects and marine engineers have applied the latest technologies, and our global society has benefited.
Author: Indifferent Inclusion
Author: Russell McGregorPublisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN: 0855757795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Combining the perspectives of political, social and cultural history, this book presents a holistic interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the mid 20th century. The author provides an insightful history of the changing nature of race relations in Australia.
Picture History of British Ocean Liners, 1900 to the Present
Author: William H. MillerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415321
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This fascinating text-and-picture tribute documents both interiors and exteriors of majestic British ships such as the Viceroy of India, the Orion, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Windsor Castle, Pacific Princess, Royal Princess, Crown Princess, and Aurora. Over 200 rare black-and-white illustrations provide views of the ships at sea and in port.
P&O
Author: Ruth ArtmonskyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782001743
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
From humble beginnings in the 1830s, The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company grew to dominate British mercantile shipping for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Initially, the company's paddle steamers carried Her Majesty's Mail to the Iberian Peninsula, as the name implies, but over time P&O extended its routes across the Mediterranean and onwards to the Middle East, Far East and Australasia. Besides the mail, P&O liners carried bullion, silk, tea, and even opium as well as passengers. The company came to represent the British Empire at sea – but as the Empire waned and British travellers took to the air, so a golden age of travelling by sea came to an end. Ruth Artmonsky here delves into the P&O Heritage Collection to take a nostalgic glance astern at all those who travelled P&O.
Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960
Author: William H. MillerPublisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750963077
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. After the global devastation of two decades of war and Depression, shipyards were creating one new liner after another, it seemed, to rebuild and renew passenger ship services all over the world. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and Oslofjord from Scandinavia, the French Flandre and a succession of new liners from P&O-Orient, the Italian Line, Messageries Maritimes and many more. The new hopeful era of the 1950s was highlighted by such brilliant, headline-making ships as the speedy United States, breaking records on an unprecedented scale, the engines-aft Southern Cross and the mastless Orsova. Showcased beautifully by the stunning images and nostalgic outlook of prolific maritime historian William H. Miller, this book shines a well-earned spotlight on some of the world's most popular passenger liners.
