Scheepvaart - Italië: boeken - historie en schepen

Great Mediterranean Passenger Ships

It is hard to think of the passenger liners from the golden era of Mediterranean cruising without also conjuring the nostalgic, dream-like vision of azure-blue waters, bright sunshine and swimming pools with clusters of umbrellas and sunbathing passengers.

The great age of Mediterranean passenger liners began in the 1920s when the Italians built their first big ships, such as the Augustus, Saturnia and Conte Grande. In the 1930s, things got really interesting with the creation of the superliners Rex and Conte di Savoia.
In the 1950s and '60s, as Italy built a huge post-war fleet, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Israel commissioned their biggest ships yet.

William Miller has written ninety books on passenger ships and is an acknowledged world expert in his field.
Full of colour and the first-hand memories of passengers and crew, this endearing reflection on the majestic world of Mediterranean travel cannot be missed. Quick, the whistles are sounding!

Specificaties

Auteur:	William Miller
Uitvoering:	96 blz, 22.5 x 25 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	110 z/w- en 70 kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	The History Press Ltd (GB, 2016)
ISBN:	9780750963084

Italian Liners of the 1960s - The Costanzi Quartet

'Functionaliteit is nooit een excuus voor een slecht ontwerp', zei scheepsarchitect Nicolò Costanzi, een man wiens synthese van techniek en kunstenaarschap praktische schepen van sublieme schoonheid creëerde.
Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van de vier grote passagiersschepen die Costanzi eind jaren vijftig en begin jaren zestig ontwierp. Deze ontwerpen bevatten de meest gevierde elementen van zijn werk en weerspiegelen wellicht de man op het toppunt van zijn kunnen.
Het 'Costanzi Quartet' bestond uit:
- Lloyd Triestino's stijlvolle emigrantenschepen Galileo Galilei en Guglielmo Marconi
- de baanbrekende Oceanic van Home Lines
- en de snelheidskoningin van Costa, Eugenio C.

Dit boek, boordevol prachtige zeldzame en niet eerder gepubliceerde illustraties, toont de werken van de grote Italiaanse scheepsarchitect Nicolo Costanzi.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Ian Sebire
Uitvoering:	96 blz, 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	140 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781398108066

Masters of the Italian Line - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffaello

The 1960s witnessed a magnificent, if misguided, swansong for the ocean liner. As the decade progressed a steady succession of elaborate new 'ships of state' populated the world's sea lanes, in futile defiance of the vapour trails above them.
Into this atmosphere of one-upmanship the Italian Line introduced Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffaello, the largest, fastest and most prestigious passenger liners in the nation's post-war merchant marine.

Named after the Renaissance masters, this book tells their stories, from troubled inception to heart-rending finale. It explains their design origins and interior décor, relates the triumph and tragedy of their all-too-brief careers and provides an insight into what it was like to live, work and take passage on these vessels, each with their own special personality.
Profusely illustrated throughout, this book pays tribute to the ships and the people who brought them to life.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Ian Sebire
Uitvoering:	96 blz, 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	140 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2018)
ISBN:	9781445683508