Framed map of Brocklebank Red Sea Services
A map of the shipping company Brocklebank Line showing all of its Red Sea services and stop off point around the area. The map has been mounted and rests in a wooden frame. Inscribed on the map are the words "BROCKLEBANK'S RED SEA SERVICES, OWNERS THOS & JNO BROCKLEBANK LTD, CUNARD BUILDINGS LIVERPOOL, EASTBOUND FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTH CONTINENT TO THE SUEZ CANAL AND RED SEAS PORTS, CEYLON, EAST COAST, INDIA AND PAKISTAN. WESTBOUND FROM INDIA, EAST PAKISTAN AND CEYLON TO RED SEA PORTS, AND SUEZ CANAL.THENCE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTH CONTINENT OR USA (ATLANTIC AND GULF)" The map is faded and torn at the bottom and is starting to become unmounted.
Object Details
ID: | AAB0467 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Map |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bartholomew, John, & Son |
Date made: | circa 1948 |
People: | Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank, T & Jd, Liverpo; Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 755 mm x 653 mm x 15 mm |