Route Map - Amsterdam-Suez Canal-Australia, Nederland Line, 1954

Item

Title
Route Map - Amsterdam-Suez Canal-Australia, Nederland Line, 1954
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Europe--Emigration and immigration
Voyages and travels
Maps
Dutch language
Category
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Current holder
Museums Victoria Collections
Date
1954
Link
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1806659
Item number
HT 30262
Access rights
Digitised
Rights 
All Rights Reserved
Country of origin
Netherlands
Language 
Dutch
Description from source
140 mm (Width), 260 mm (Height)

Route map used by German migrant Guenter Schneider during his voyage on the Nederland Line ship MV Johan van Oldenbarnevelt from December 1954 - January 1955. Map folded into several sections with blue cover and graphic image of a compass. Inside cover has a table completed in handwriting recording daily longitude and latitude ship positions at noon. The map opens out to reveal a world map in colour and in Dutch, marking company shipping routes from Europe to Indonesia and Australia.
Physical format
Maps