The merchant navy of the Eastern Adriatic before 1918 is a largely unknown but immensely diverse subject area in the history of the Monarchy. Shipping companies such as Österreichischer Lloyd, the transatlantic Austro-Americana, the Royal Hungarian Adriatic or Levante, which sailed as far as Australia, played a role in the foreign trade and international presence of the Habsburg multiethnic state that should not be underestimated.
A large number of smaller, often only locally known companies were active in coastal shipping, maintaining a regular transport infrastructure and bringing excursionists to Abbazia, Brioni and other tourist destinations. This book is an industry mirror of civil shipping in the Monarchy, offering for the first time in pictures and text a cross-section of fleets, company histories and technical as well as economic data.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Gatscher-Riedl,
Title
Dampfer unter dem Doppeladler. Handelsschiffe und Reedereien in der Habsburgermonarchie
Details
Ca. 280 pp.
State
new
Kral GmbH J.F. Kennedyplatz 2 2560 Berndorf Österreich
