The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs
Author | : William H. Miller |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
193 black and white photographs covering the years from 1897-1927.
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Author | : William H. Miller |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
193 black and white photographs covering the years from 1897-1927.
Author | : John G. Sayers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2020-10-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781851245307 |
Before the advent of commercial transatlantic flights in the early 1950s, the only way to travel between continents was by sea. In the golden age of ocean liners, between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War, shipping companies ensured their vessels were a home away from home, providing entertainment, dining, sleeping quarters and smoking lounges to accommodate passengers of all ages and budgets, for voyages that could last as long as three months.Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners leads the reader through each of the stages - and secrets - of ocean liner travel, from booking a ticket and choosing a cabin to shore excursions, dining, on-board games, social events, romances, and disembarking on arrival. Additional chapters disclose wartime voyages and disasters at sea. The shipping companies produced glamorous brochures, sailing schedules, voyage logs, passenger lists, postcards and menus, all of which help us to savour the challenges, etiquette and luxury of ocean liner travel. Diaries, letters and journals written on board also reveal a host of behind-the-scenes secrets and fascinating insights into the experience of travelling by sea. This book dives into a vast, unique collection to reveal the scandals, glamour, challenges and tragedies of ocean liner travel.
Author | : Kurt Ulrich |
Publisher | : Tauris Parke |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1999-04-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781860643736 |
The mythology surrounding the Titanic overshadows the fact that the ship heralded a new age of transportation that forged the modern travel industry. The decades that followed the saga of the Titanic are laden with the names of even greater liners--the Ile du France, the Normandie, Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the S.S. United States and many others. This stunning book presents their fascinating history in words and beautiful photos.
Author | : William H. Miller |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Some 200 superb photographs -- in long shots and close-ups -- capture exquisite interiors of world’s great "floating palaces" -- 1890s to 1980s: Titanic, �le de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more. Informative captions provide key details.
Author | : Peter Newall |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 587 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : 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 | : Daniel Finamore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Ocean liners |
ISBN | : 9781851779499 |
"The great age of ocean travel has long since passed, but ocean liners remain one of the most powerful and admired symbols of modernity. No form of transport was as romantic, remarkable, or contested, and ocean liner design became a matter of national prestige as well as an arena in which the larger dynamic s of global competition were played out.0This beautifully illustrated book considers over a century of liner design: from the striking graphics created to promote liners to the triumphs of engineering, and from luxurious interiors to on board fashion and activities. 'Ocean Liners' explores the design of Victorian and Art Deco 'floating palaces', sleek post-war liners as well as these ships' impact on avant-garde artists and architects such as Le Corbusier." -- publisher's description.
Author | : William H., Jr. Miller |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0486319369 |
200 superb photographs capture exquisite interiors of world’s great "floating palaces" — 1890s to 1980s: Titanic, Ile de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more.
Author | : William H. Miller |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2013-01-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 144562348X |
Profusely illustrated with color illustrations
Author | : William H. Miller |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2015-11-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445649691 |
William H. Miller, 'Mr Ocean Liner', looks back at the great ships owned and operated by Cunard-White Star during the 1930s.
Author | : William H., Jr. Miller |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2012-06-29 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0486141632 |
Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight tales of some of the vessels whose pleasure cruises ended in catastrophe: the Morro Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many others.