Author: KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMBOOT-MAATSCHAPPIJ (K.N.S.M.),
Title: Welkom bij de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: S.I. [Amsterdam], K.N.S.M., [circa], 1935. Small 8°. Original clothbacked boards, large gilded Company Coat of Arms tooled on front cover, dustjacket. 100pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations on 9 plates of which illustrating Company's Vessels, coloured fold. plan with rather detailed legenda and key illustrating connections with the vessels' berth in Amsterdam Harbour, text in dutch, german, english and french, fold. coloured map illustrating company's South America and South Pacific Servicesfold. coloured map illustrating Southern Routes concerning Express Services from and to the Rhine with a monochrome illustration at upprer right corner, fold. coloured map illustrating Transatlantic Services to the Western Hemisphere, with two small inset-maps illustrating KNSM U.S.A.-West Indies and Coastal Services, together loose in rear end pocket. Dutch language information on behalf of fresh employees of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, KNSM. Very good copy, WITH dustjacket. Scarce.

Keywords: maritime history knsm stoomboot vessels employees information company steamship vessels routes southamerica usa westindies southpacific colonialism merchants freighters passengers indonesia southeasta