Ocean Collection (page 2)

Continental drift maps
Reconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener

Luggage label, Zeppelin to South America
Luggage label, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Airline) for the LZ 129 Hindenburg flight to South America. The passenger is a Mrs Sinclair, destination Rio de Janeiro, berth number 32. 1936

Cunard poster
Poster for Cunard shipping line and their service to the USA and Canada featuring the magnificent Aquitania being pulled into port by tug boats

Humber car advertisement
Advertisement for Humber cars which, claims the manufacturer, is a car you will be proud to own. This particular Humber is driven by a chauffeur who drops off his passengers at a dock

P&O Liner Chusan. circa 1949

RMS Queen Mary, Cunard Lines
Cruise liner RMS Queen Mary, Cunard Lines, decorated with bunting. Date: circa 1960s

Map of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1835

Cunard White Star Line - RMS Carinthia Ocean Liner. Sunk by U-46 on 7th June 1940. Date: circa 1925

P&O RMS Strathmore - India and Australia Mail Service
P&O RMS Strathmore - India and Australia Mail and Passenger Service Date: circa 1910s

Arrival of the Queen Mary - New York - after maiden voyage
Arrival of the Queen Mary after her maiden voyage, in New York. America. Photograph. August 8th 1938. Date: 1938

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil
Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved

Continental Drift
The world 200 million years ago in Upper Triassic times, showing the single continent of Pangaea and the universal ocean, Panthalassa

Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Titanic leaving Southampton on the 10th April 1912. 1912

RMS Aquitania - Cunard Ocean Liner - 45, 650 tonnes. Launched on 21st April 1913 and retired and scrapped in 1950 in Scotland

Canadian Pacific
Poster for the Canadian Pacific shipping line advertising the " Empress" Steamers, and illustrated by the Empress of Ireland

Empress of Britain poster
Poster advertising the Empress of Britain of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, the worlds greatest travel system, according to the poster

South America by Royal Mail
Poster for Royal Mail Lines Ltd - South America by Royal Mail - depicting a large ocean-going steamship

Titanic
A postcard with an illustration of the ill-fated Titanic ocean liner

Messageries Maritimes poster
Poster illustrated by a stork advertising the arrival of the Felix Roussel of the Messageries Maritimes French steamship line

Royal Line poster
Poster produced by the Royal Line shipping company claiming to have the fastest service from Britain to Canada, perfect for emigrants anxious to get there quickly!

The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"

Poster advertising New Zealand Line
Poster advertising the New Zealand Line, offering a regular service via the Panama Canal

SS Norman arriving at Southampton, 1903
Photograph of the SS Norman arriving at Ocean Quay, Southampton, 14th March 1903. Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, was on board the Norman arriving back from a foreign tour

Flags and Ships of the Great Steamship Companies, 1932
Illustration of the Flags and Ships of the Steamship Companies offering ocean cruises in 1932, with a map of their routes. Lloyd Triestino, Booth, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, P.&O. Coast, B.&N

Painting of the Olympic
Painting of the White Star Line ship, Olympic, sister vessel to the ill-fated Titanic

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast
A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding

An illustration of the Queen Mary ocean liner
An illustration from an advertisement for cruises on the Queen Mary cruise liner

Indian Ocean Mauritius
Bird s-eye view of the harbour of Port Louis before a third of the town was destroyed this year by a hurricane

Map of Peru 1683 Mallet
Perou. A map showing a coastal part of South America on the South Pacific. Both the equator and tropic of Capricorn are given

H. M.s Curacoa 1865
Conflicts with the savages of the New Hebrides, South Pacific Ocean. Boats of the Curacoa landing sailors and marines. A landing party of 180 seamen and marines, commanded by Captain Dent

Titanic and Olympic - Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Fascinating photograph taken on 6th March 1912, showing The RMS Titanic (left) and The RMS Olympic (right), the brand new ships of the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

Cunard Line poster
Poster advertising the Royal Mail four screw steamers of the Cunard Line shipping line, Lusitania and Mauretania, the finest, fastest and largest steamers in the world

Spitzbergen, Norway
A large sailing vessel off the coast of Spitzbergen a northerly Norwegian Island in the Arctic Ocean - The lack of ice on the water indicates that this is likely to be in the summer

Maps / Pacific Ocean
Map of the Pacific Ocean on Mercators projection

Levuka - The Old Capital of Fiji - Pacific Islands Date: circa 1930s

Cunard ocean liner RMS Scythia, launched in 1920, maiden voyage 1921. circa 1920s

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, giving the distance to John o Groats, New York and other distant places. circa 1980s

Map of Hawaii, Pacific Ocean and surrounding areas
Map of Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean and the surrounding areas. 1911

RMS Lucania steamship
Photograph of RMS Lucania, British ocean line steamship owned by the Cunard Steamship Line, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland

RMS Titanic - six postcards, Nearer My God to Thee
RMS Titanic - six Bamforth postcards, Nearer My God to Thee. Date: 1912

Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure
Harland and Wolff - extremely rare Harland & Wolff promotional brochure. This soft-bound volume includes company history and information

RMS Titanic - Bamforth glass lantern slides
RMS Titanic - rare collection of coloured Bamforth glass lantern slides showing the Titanic and the aftermath

Poster, Cunard Line, Southampton, Cherbourg, New York - Fastest Ocean Service in the World Date: circa 1928

MV Britannic - Cunard White Star transatlantic ocean liner. During World War II she was used to transport troops, carrying 173, 550 people. Date: circa 1936

RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line
RMS Windsor Castle, passenger and cargo liner of the Union Castle Line. Date: circa 1960s

GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes. Date: circa 1950s

Map of La Palma, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1908

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