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.
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.
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.
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Packed with superb rare and previously unpublished illustrations, Ian Sebire looks at the defining works of the great Italian naval architect Nicolo Costanzi.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.
Leadership in World Shipping
Author: I. TheotokasPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230233538
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A new look at the leadership of Greek ship owners in world shipping in the second half of the twentieth century. This book examines the fundamental factors of the dynamism of Greek entrepreneurship in family businesses and provides evidence for the organization, management and strategies of Greek family shipping companies.
Of Penguins and Polar Bears
Author: Christopher WrightPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750994568
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
We have been cruising and exploring polar waters since the nineteenth century, but very little has been written about them. Drawing on expert research, Of Penguins and Polar Bears seeks to rectify this, and looks at activity in both the Antarctic and Arctic waters – the homes of the penguins and the polar bears – to provide insight into how the passenger trades developed in these regions. With over a hundred stunning pictures, this is a must-have gazetteer for anyone thinking about cruising the Earth's 'last frontier'. From William Bradford's cruise to Greenland in a seal-hunting boat in 1869 to the newest builds of the twenty-first century, let Arctic expert Christopher Wright take you on a journey through lands less travelled.
