The Cunard Line's Britannia was the first steamship to establish regular communication across the Atlantic. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 4 July 1840, setting in motion the first regular steamship line. Iron supplanted wood in hull construction and the screw propeller was gradually replacing the paddle wheel. The line became a public company in 1878 and became the Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd. The construction of many famous ships such as Mauretania, Lusitania, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth followed, and the company continued to trade in profit until the introduction of the jet aircraft in the 1960s and 1970s. Following various restructuring and takeovers, the Cunard Line was acquired by the Carnival Corporation and now offers cruises on the Three Queens. Utilising many rare and unpublished images, Ian Collard offers a superbly illustrated look at the cruise ships operated by Cunard. Included here are images of the ships in many guises and liveries, with comprehensive annotation of these iconic liners.

A Finnish-born American entrepreneur builds his dream ship, the first modern sailing cruise ship, with a team of shipping business men, naval architects, and engineers, wise shipbuilders, a temperamental designer and an essential woman. Thirty years later, the ship and her sisters are still in service on the world’s oceans.

Lieblein beschreibt den Handel und die Schifffahrt auf dem von Hochkulturen umgebenen Roten Meer in der Fruhgeschichte. Nachdruck des Originals von 1886.

The purpose of this work is to provide a compendious guide to the design, construction, installation and operation of marine motors and to the design and construction of motor boats. It is intended primarily for the man who is not a practical mechanic - and yet mechanics may study its pages with profit. Reprint of the original edition from 1917.

Mit der Dornier "Wal" zum Nordpol - ein noch heute wahrhaft packender Bericht aus dem Jahr 1925, gleichermassen fur Liebhaber alter Schiffe wie historischer Flugzeuge. Garniert mit zahlreichen seltenen Bildern

Paul Konig, naval officer and captain of North German Lloyd, describes the voyage of the first merchant submarine U 155 ( Deutschland ). In 1916, the submarine managed to circumscribe the British naval blockade and to return from the United States without harm.The mysterious voyage of the merchant submarine Deutschland has now kept the attention of the old and new world under strain quite long enough. The wildest rumors regarding our trip and our fate have cropped up in innumerable papers, not to mention the magnificent flights of fiction made by the English. I therefore have the greater pleasure in giving a longer, more detailed description of our legendary voyage and our adventures.Reprint of the original edition from 1916.