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Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015007652749
193 black and white photographs covering the years from 1897-1927.
Author : Miller William
Publisher : Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0844661449
Author : William H., Jr. Miller
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780486319360
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 : Courier Corporation
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0486240568
186 photos of Ile de France, Normandie, Leviathan, Queen Elizabeth, United States, many others. Interior and exterior views.
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015012052091
This pictorial record describes the last great years of transatlantic travel up to the rise of cruise ships.
Author : Karl R. Zimmermann
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1590785525
Ocean liners once sailed all the world's seas and played important roles in times of peace and war. Ships transported the rich and famous as well as millions of immigrants to new countries. Over time, airplanes changed the nature of travel and the role of the ocean liners. Today's cruise ships are dramatically different from the liners of old, bigger than ever, they are like small cities on the water.
Author : Kurt Ulrich
Publisher : Tauris Parke
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1860643736
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 : John G. Sayers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1851245308
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 : Anthony Burton
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781399049832
There has always been a romance around ocean liners, but this book looks behind the romance to show the reality of travelling the oceans of the world. The book starts with the first scheduled transatlantic crossings in the age of sail, then moves on through the development of the steamers and ends in the present day, when ocean liners have given way to airliners. All aspects of the subject are discussed. The experience of travelling by sea varied enormously from the luxury of first-class travel to the often brutal conditions endured by immigrants. Ship design developed in the race between competing companies to provide the most powerful ships. But while technology came into the fundamental design, when it came to décor, for many of the great liners the interiors looked back with a romanticised view of the past. It is not always realised that a great liner might have almost as many crew as passengers, and this looks at all those who kept the ships running, from the black gang in the engine room to the captain on the bridge. The result is a rounded view of what it meant to travel on some of the greatest ships ever built.
Author : Ian Dear
Publisher : B T Batsford Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0713460261
A pictorial history of travel and social life on the great ocean liners, from the beginning of the 19th century up to the 1950s. The book covers the romance and glamour of ocean travel, especially when travelling on luxury passenger ships like the Queen Mary and the Normandie. Archival photographs reveal the flavour of travelling onboard ship and emphasize the contrast between the luxury of first-class travel and the discomfort of the steerage class. The author has also published The Great Days of Yachting, Fastnet and Shipwreck.
Author : J. Kent Layton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782000983
Since the end of the nineteenth century there has been a stunning succession of transatlantic liners, from the White Star Line's Oceanic of 1899 to the Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 of 2004. These floating palaces often contained luxurious staterooms, ballrooms and lounges for the rich, and noticeably more modest and basic accommodation for poorer travellers. Their designs and powerplants were often cutting-edge as each competed to be the largest, most luxurious and fastest ship on the Atlantic. As the tides of passenger demand rose and fell through the years and the world plunged twice into global conflict, these ships had to adapt to survive. Many of these vessels – including Mauretania, Olympic, the first Queen Mary and France – had long and glorious careers; others – Titanic, Lusitania and Normandie among them – suffered tragic endings. J. Kent Layton describes the heyday of the superliners and explains what life was like for passengers, both rich and poor.
Author : Peter Mandel
Publisher : Stemmer House Pub
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Design
ISBN : 0880451491
For ages 7-12. So begins this well crafted chapter book recounting the adventures of boy Paul, travelling from New York to France on the legendary ocean liner Normandie. Unlike the tragic stories of the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic, this one is filled with the pleasures and novelties of life at sea, with friends made and several unexpected adventures for Paul to retell for the rest of his life. As he finishes his tale with nostalgia for the lost world, the reader will share his memories and know something of the look, feel and smell of the ship, and the excitement of being a passenger on a great ocean liner in its glory days. Full-colour illustrations are well-spaced throughout he book, they recreate the grand details of the liner, from its dining room to its engine room. Thoroughly researched by the Normandie, they bring the ship vividly to life.
Author : Chris Frame,Rachelle Cross
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0750956240
A behind-the-scenes photographic journey around the grandest ocean liner ever built By the 1970s it looked as if QE2 would be the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners. However, more than three decades later the world watched in awe as Queen Mary 2, the largest, longest, grandest, and most expensive ocean liner ever to be constructed, set sail on her maiden voyage in 2004. With 14 decks and beautiful lounges, dining rooms, and ballrooms, QM2 evokes the glamour of the golden age of ocean travel. This book allows the reader to experience this unique vessel from the comfort of their own home. With numerous never-before-published photographs of each of QM2’s public rooms as well as stunning exterior shots, this book is delightfully complemented by little-known facts and interesting information from Commodore R. W. Warwick, QM2’s first captain.
Author : Gordon Newell
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787208216
With his vast collection of photographs and memorabilia, combined with his skill as a writer, Newell truly makes the ships and memories of them become living personalities. How Jack London, Count von Luckner, Sir Ernest Shackleton and all other intrepid adventurers of the sea would have gloried in this book; and present-day sea rovers, you, how you will glory in it! Here are the glamour, majesty and color of the most exciting things ever built—the mammoths of the sea. Gordon Newell’s salty stories and fine photos bring these monarchs and superliners to life so completely, that you hear once more the deep-throated whistle blasts as the ships knife their way out of the fog, one after another. “I am not recording affection for the Mauretania as President of the United States, but as civilian Franklin D. Roosevelt who loves the sea, its ships and the men who sail them...” writes F.D.R. in his story “Queen with a Fighting Heart.” Author Gordon Newell shares these sentiments. “The Kronprinz Wilhelm” he writes, “was not a ship to give up easily. Night was falling, the darkness would give her a fighting chance. The last of the fuel was shoveled into the furnaces. The worn-out engines were breaking their hearts for the ship...out of the night she came, the sky glowing red above the crowns of her belching funnels. The white glow of acres of foam at her bow. The guns of the British cruisers swung around.”
Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0486415325
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.