Nowtilus - Breve historia de los trasatlánticos

POR QUÉ LEERLO

- Breve historia de los trasatlánticos explica la historia de estos famosos buques desde la Antigüedad a los trasatlánticos de recreo de la actualidad. Un recorrido de varios miles de años que profundizará en grandes temas que confluyeron para el auge de su construcción (la Revolución industrial y la máquina de vapor) así como en conflictos en los que estos barcos tuvieron un importante papel: Guerra civil española, Guerras Mundiales, etc.
- La obra no se centra únicamente en el diseño o historia de cada uno de los trasatlánticos sino que incide en la historia completa de ese periodo analizando el papel que tuvo cada uno de los buques en la historia que le tocó vivir (buques prisión, combates con submarinos, etc.)
- La obra contiene más de 60 imágenes que permiten conocer el diseño y magnitud de estas construcciones, así como reseñas de contemporáneas a los acontecimientos que ayudan a contextualizar cada hecho histórico narrado.
- Este título es un acercamiento preciso (escrito por un ingeniero) al desarrollo de la tecnología ferroviaria de la Great Western Railway, que permitió que los buques mejoraran en seguridad, puntualidad y potencia desde comienzos del siglo XIX. El autor ha analizado con documentación actualizada y precisa la evolución constructiva de este tipo de buques.
- Víctor San Juan es un autor de reconocido prestigio en literatura naval. Colabora con medios de comunicación especializados (como la Revista General de la Marina o el Suplemento Náutico de El Mundo) y ha obtenido premios como el Nostromo de Literatura Náutica o la Medalla de San Telmo de la Fundación Letras del Mar. Ha publicado El Titanic y otros grandes naufragios, La Armada desconocida de Jorge Juan, Extraños sucesos navales, El perfil del infinito, Breve historia de la Armada invencible, Grandes batallas navales desconocidas, Breve historia de las batallas navales de la antigüedad, Breve historia de las batallas navales en el Mediterráneo, Breve historia de las batallas navales de los acorazados y Breve historia de las batallas navales de la Edad Media

BRIEF HISTORY OF OCEAN LINERS

The fascinating history of the large ocean liners for passenger transport. Amazing ships, gigantic titans, powerful, and fast, full of glamour, but also protagonists of tremendous catastrophes. From the dazzling Titanic, Lusitania, or Queen Mary to the most modern luxury cruises.

Prevailing for almost 130 years, establishing regular lines for passenger transport across the Atlantic, the ocean liners have been able to fascinate humanity for their aesthetics, gigantism, power, and speed, the luxury, and glamour of its interiors, and also their fascinating stories, full of successes, speed records, and shocking dramas, and the best known shipwrecks (Titanic, Lusitania, Andrea Doria, Costa Concordia) or the less (Arctic, Pacific, Royal Charter, Republic, Athenia or Laconia). But they have also been bold corsairs, fought in both wars as auxiliary ships, victims of kidnappings, or several fires. Brief History of Ocean Liners, and cruises, covers the history of these famous ships, from the Cunard Line to the Costa Concordia. With the pleasant and rigorous style that characterises Victor San Juan, the reader will discover astonished that this story reaches the drama in the case of the Hell Ships and prison ships; Maritime strain, that of the transatlantic, dazzling and spectacular, also capable of terrifying with spooky stories riddled with victims.

AUTHOR

Víctor San Juan is a renowned author in naval literature. To its ten published works, it is necessary to add collaborations with specialised media (like the magazine General de Marina or the nautical supplement of the newspaper El Mundo). In addition he has acclaimed awards such as the Medal of San Telmo of the Foundation Letras del Mar or the Nostromo of Literatura Naútica. He has published with great success The Titanic and other Major Shipwrecks, The Unknown Navy of Jorge Juan, Strange Naval Events, The profile on the Infinite, Brief History of the Spanish Armada, Great Unknown Battles, Brief history of the naval battles of antiquity and Brief history of naval battles of the middle ages.

SALES PITCH
- Brief History of Ocean Liners explains the history of these famous ships, from antiquity to today's recreational ocean liners. A journey of several thousand years that delves into major issues that came together due to the boom of its construction (the Industrial Revolution, and the Steam Engine) as well as in conflicts in which these boats had an important role (Spanish Civil War, World wars, etc.)
- The work does not focus solely on the design or history of each of the ocean liner, but it affects the complete history of that period, analysing the role of each of the ships in the history that they had to live (prison ships, combat with submarines, etc.)
- The work contains more than 60 images that allow the reader to learn about their design, and magnitude, as well as contemporary reviews on the events that help to contextualise each historical fact that is narrated.
- This work is a precise approach (written by an engineer) to the development of railway technology from the beginning of the 19th century. The author has analysed with updated and specific documentation, the constructive evolution of this type of ships.
- Víctor San Juan is a renowned author in naval literature. To its ten published works, it is necessary to add collaborations with specialised media (like the magazine General de Marina or the nautical supplement of the newspaper El Mundo). In addition he has acclaimed awards such as the Medal of San Telmo of the Foundation Letras del Mar or the Nostromo of Literatura Naútica. He has published with great success The Titanic and other Major Shipwrecks, The Unknown Navy of Jorge Juan, Strange Naval Events, The profile on the Infinite, Brief History of the Spanish Armada, Great Unknown Battles, Brief history of the naval battles of antiquity and Brief history of naval battles of the middle ages.