P&O cruise ships / Ian Collard

An illustrated record of P&O's passenger liners dating from 1829 and the William Fawcett chartered by Brodie McGhie Willcox and Arthur Anderson to provide a regular service to the Iberian peninsular and operating under the Peninsular Steam Navigation Co. name. Winning the mail contract to India, the company changed its name in 1840 to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd and went on to run services to China, the Far East and Australia. The introduction provides a history of the company and its continued growth through acquisition and merger. The illustrations include paintings and photographs of ships and their interiors as well as promotional material.