Holland-America Line History - SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM - THE MOST GRACIOUS OF ALL THE TRANSATLANTIC LINERS. Queen Wilhelmina launches the Nieuw Amsterdam

THE great ocean liners deserve a place among the wonders of the world. Not since the construction of the great cathedrals of Europe centuries ago had there been such a coming-together of engineering and artistic endeavour, of craftsmanship, imagination and sheer sweat. Forget Leonardo DiCaprio. Had Leonardo da Vinci - himself an aspiring designer of boats - seen what Mr Cunard put to sea, he might have smiled.

Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives - In Focus - The Atlantic

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For a brief period of time, giant transatlantic liners dominated the Atlantic ocean, offering new levels of luxury. Here’s why.

Inspired by the simple seating of ocean liners, Eileen Gray devised an armchair that has transatlantic appeal

A comparison of the two great transatlantic liners of the 1930s; speed, price, cabins, passengers, and more. Which would you choose?

Large blocks of flats, sleeping cars, house yachts, and transatlantic liners undermine the concept of the “fatherland.” We learn Esperanto. We become cosmopolitan.

T he Italian transatlantic liners ANDREA DORIA and CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, introduced in 1952 and 1954 were two of the best post WW2 passenger s...

Social History: History of The Cunard Line Cunard Line was the only company to continue regular transatlantic ocean crossings by liners after the 1970s.

MS United States II A modern cruise ship transatlantic liner that combines the latest ammenities and modern styles with the elegance of the liners of...

Three Cunard ocean liners are meeting in Liverpool for a majestic display to mark the shipping company's 175th anniversary. But how did the famous firm revolutionise transatlantic travel?

Italy’s contribution to the world’s shipping in the last few years has been characterized by the production of a number of fast passenger liners with luxury accommodation. The Rex and the Conte Di Savoia were designed to capture transatlantic speed records.

MS Vulcania (1926) was built in Monfalcone, Italy, for the Cosulich Line. She sailed from Trieste on her maiden voyage to Patras, Naples and New York City on 19 December 1926. In the inter-war years she made many transatlantic routes between the Adriatic and Mediterranean ports and the Americas. Vulcania and her twin sister, Saturnia, were the first liners to offer a large number of cabins with private balconies.

Happy 72nd, Barbara Sukowa. On the set of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980).

Такие красивые актеры и образы, последнее время подсела на подобные сериалы

The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 as she is commonly known was the flagship of the Cunard Line for over 30 years. QE2 made her maiden voyage in 1969 and is one of the last of the great Transatlantic liners. At 70,327 tons and 963 feet long with a top speed of 32.5 knots she is also one of the largest and fastest passenger vessels afloat.

Design for armchair 'Fauteuil Transatlantic' or 'Transat Chair' by Eileen Gray, pencil on paper, France, 1927

Maria Callas, December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977. With Pier Paolo Pasolini during the making of Medea (1969).

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