Author: HAERSOLTE, J.W.J. BARON VAN,
Title: Zeereizen. Handboek voor Toerist en Reiziger. Orig.edn.
Description: Haarlem, 1926. sm.8°. orig.pict.wraps.(A passenger-ship at full sea). hftitle(verso blank). 160pp. Many text-ills. after photos. mainly depict. all kinds of passenger-ships, interiors, details of bridges,&c.., head-and-tail pieces and text-ills. all after drawings by W.Bloem, Company's fleet[s] with names, tonnage, &c.. A very interesting and detailed manualfor tourists and passengers on dutch shipping-lines. First of all author introduces the so-called Ten commandmendsfor Passengers to be observed, after that follows a historic review of various dutch Maritime companies and their routes as a.o. N.V.Wm.H.Müller & Co., Algemeene Scheepvaart Maatschappij (Rotterdam) who was the first to establis a connection Rotterdam-London in 1823, commonly called the Batavier Line, The Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij (K.N.S.M.), founded Amsterdam 1856, (a.o. connections to the West-Indies and Central America), the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij, founded 1872(now called H.A.L.), The Maatschappij Nederland, founded Amsterdam 1870 (Mail-route to colonial Indonesia).., further author advises passengers on multiple subjects connected with maritime-travel as (:) preparations, which company to choose, a view at the ship, some remarks on sea-sickness, rules and regulations aboard ships, navigation, incl. flag-signalling, safety at sea, schip's machinery, board-personnel, species living into the sea, weather and weather-forecasting, navigation in general,..A very interesting and scarce manual in good condition.

Keywords: maritime