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.
Author: Neil McCartGreat 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.
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.
Cargo Liners
Author: Ambrose GreenwayPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848321295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
For 100 years, between 1850 and 1950, the cargo liner grew to dominate the worlds trade routes, providing regular services that merchants, shippers and importers could rely on; they carried much of the worlds higher value manufactured goods and raw materials and their services spread to most corners of the world. They were the tool of the worlds first phase of globalization. This new book, evocatively illustrated with a magnificent collection of more than 300 photographs, begins with the establishment of routes around Europe and across the North Atlantic in the 1850s. Not until the Liverpool ship owner and engineer, Alfred Holt, developed high-pressure compound engines were coal-powered vessels able to steam further afield, to the Far East and Australia. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cemented the dominance of the cargo liner and only with the appearance of the first container ship in the 1950s was that dominance finally overthrown. With its informative introductory texts and abundant photographs, this book will appeal to ship enthusiasts around the world and to all those who mourn the passing of the golden age of the steamship.
Author: 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.
Author: William H. MillerBaseball History from Outside the Lines
Author: John E. DreifortPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803266650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A collection of essays which "describe developments in the game's past, assess their impact, and explain how they reflect the period in which they occurred; ... explore baseball's influences outside the field of play as well as the effect of external factors on the game; ... [and] discuss such key issues as demographics, communities, social mobility, race and ethnicity."--Cover.
P&O
Author: Ruth ArtmonskyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782001085
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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.
