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.
This 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.
Even with optimum winds and the most skilled captain , sailing ships typically took twenty - two days or more . Even though the Great Western was important , Brunel's second ship , the steel - hulled , propeller - driven Great Britain ...
An illustrated history of ocean liners from the Nineteenth Century to the 1960's.
Explores the brief but glorious golden age of the ocean liner, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, containing articles and illustrations from the period, concerning how they were built, how they performed, and what the lifestyle ...
Ocean Liner depicts in both fascinating drawings and stunning photographs fifty of the most famous passenger ships, from the Kaiser Wilhelm built in 1897 to the huge cruise ships that hold thousands of passengers plying the Caribbean trade ...
Ocean Liners
Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van de transatlantische lijndiensten met een beschrijving van enkele beroemde schepen.