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The story of P & O : the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company / David Howarth and Stephen Howarth.

Record no:

87156

Call no:

387.5 HOW

Author:

Howarth, David, 1912- ; Howarth, Stephen, 1953-

Publisher:

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Year:

1986

Description:

224 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company;
P & O-Orient Lines - History;
Ocean travel;
Passenger ships - Great Britain;
Steamship lines - Great Britain - History;

Isbn:

0297789651

Type:

Book

Contents:

Foreward -- Steam and sail -- Onwards to India -- Overland via Suez -- Cruising -- Crews and passengers -- Eastern seas -- The Crimean War and the canal -- Pax Britannica -- Merger and expansion -- Endurance -- End of empire -- Changing patterns -- Local

wars -- A new era.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		CRC Library Store	Western Australian Museum	387.5 HOW	On Shelf