CROSSING THE TRACKS OF COLUMBUS
Written by Otto J. Seiler
Published by Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn
in 1992
ISBN: 3813204057
CROSSING THE TRACKS OF COLUMBUS
Written by Otto J. Seiler.
Stock no. 1829510
1st.
1992.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
German Liner Shipping to Latin America, the Caribbean and the West Coast of North America down the years. Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, this book gives the full account of the story of German liner shipping from its earliest beginnings up to the present. Large format. Orange boards, white titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 265 pages. ISBN: 3813204057. Lower edge of boards lightly knocked. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- The Oceanic Epoch (1492-1810)
- The Colonial Period (1541-1779)
- German foreign trade with Latin America and the West Indies in the 19th century until the opening of steamship lines (1780-1870)
- Hapag's West Indies services (1871-1914)
- Hamburg-Sud opens up a new route for German foreign trade (1871-1900)
- To the West coast of South America: the Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Kosmos (1872-1914)
- Norddeutscher Lloyd services to South America (1876-1914)
- A time of friendly coexistance: Hamburg-Sud and Hamburg-Amerika Line (Hapag) services to South America (1901-1914)
- The Great War and the Treaty of Versailles (1914-1920)
- Resumption of the West Indies/Central America service and the Cuba-Mexico service by Hapag and Lloyd (1920-1939)
- Hamburg-Sud achieves top placing in the trade with the East coast of South America for a second time (1919-1939)
- Resumption of service to the West Coast of South America and inauguration of separate service to Central America and the West Coast of North America through Panama Canal (1921-1939)
- Hapag and Lloyd's services to the East coast of South America (1921-1934)
- Hapag operates passenger and freight services with airships from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco (Recife) and Rio de Janeiro (1932-1937)
- War, destruction and recovery - Ship destinies (1939-1949)
- Reopening of the West Indies/Central America services (1950-1970)
- Hamburg-Sud resumes the service to the East coast of South America (1951-1992) - What became of German immigrants in Brazil?
- The West coast of South America (1953-1970)
- Marriage of the giants in Hamburg and Bremen (1970)
- The Northern Brazil service (1951-1992)
- With "Euro-Caribe" (1971-1990) to Venezuela, Colombia and Costa Rica
- CAROL - The container age reaches the Caribbean (1975-1992)
- EUROSAL - Nine shipowners plan and operate a comprehensive service to the West coast of South America using identical advanced container/multi-purpose ships (1975-1992)
- The North Pacific service (1954-1992)
- Columbus Line (1957-1992)
- "We go East" versus "Southbound - as ever" - Hapag-Lloyd's brief Outsider role in the service to the East coast of South America (1986)
- Flag protection and flag discrimination in Latin America
- Tu Felix Hamburg-Sud Nube (1987-1992)
- Cruises at sea and by air (1982-1992)
- Future prospects for German liner services to Latin America