Whitcombe and Tombs 1961 edition, very good condition with dustwrapper
The story of New Zealand, and indeed that of the expanding Empire and Commonwealth, is in large part the story of ships and shipping. Here is told the story of one of the great shipping lines, the fortunes of which have been firmly linked with New Zealand's. It was a clipper ship of the Albion Line, later merged with Shaw Savill & Co., that carried the first shipment of frozen meat from New Zealand to Britain. And it was a ship of the Shaw Savill Line, the 20,000 ton Southern Cross, that began in 1955 the first round-the-world passenger service by luxury liner carrying no cargo. This authoritative yet lively history covers a century of development of merchant shipping, from the days of little wooden sailing ships to the darn of the atomic age at sea. It has been written with the full assistance and cooperation of the company's management, and is confidently recommended to all who love ships and the stories of those who sail in them...