Julius Mertens

208 pages

170 x 255 mm

app. 200 images 4c

Embark on adventurous and luxurious journeys with some of the world’s most famous writers and enjoy the stunning pictures of legendary liners and their distinguished passengers.

Ever since Homer celebrated Odysseus’s maritime exploits, writers have been attracted to sail across the world’s oceans in search of adventure. Many have left us with a record of modes of travel that have practically died out. Their works immortalise the luxurious liners of the Transatlantic Lines, as well as the floating coffins of the whalers and sealers. Their journeys were often formative. These encounters with the vastness of the ocean and the power of natural forces over long periods of time made their mark and have left us with a literary legacy – not least because, at sea, the writers had time to study and record their experiences. Together with these personal travel tales, »Ocean Liners and Floating Coffins« tells the exciting stories of the ships themselves.

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