Shipping Route Map Java, Singapore, China, Pacific
Maritime route map covering Java, Singapore, China, and Pacific Islands; and travel brochure for Java Singapore.
Route Map of the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. showing maritime routes covering Hong Kong, Manila. Rabaul, Townsville, Brisbane, and Sydney, as well as Singapore, Batavia [Jakarta], Darwin, Solomon Islands, and inter-island services serving Pacific Islands. The Burns Philp travel brochure describes Java including Sourabaya [Surabaya], Batavia [Jakarta],the Buddhist temple complex of Borobudur and the Hindu complex of Prambanan, and Singapore, Bali, and Malaya [Malaysia]. There are descriptions of the passenger ships TSS Marella and MV Merkur, travel tips, and fare schedule and distances.
Map is 24" x 12.5" has staining, tears and holes.
Burns, Philp & Co. was a major Australian shipping line founded in April 1883 by two Scotsmen who were engaged in the black birding (slavery) trade at the time but ended this in 1886. In the 1900s, the company operated as merchants and shipping agents, mail carrier, and tourist passenger services in Melanesia. By midcentury, the company had expanded into to the food, beverage and related industries, and continued expanding to include 200 companies in 100 industries. The company delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 2006.
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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Maritime route map covering Java, Singapore, China, and Pacific Islands; and travel brochure for Java Singapore.
Route Map of the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. showing maritime routes covering Hong Kong, Manila. Rabaul, Townsville, Brisbane, and Sydney, as well as Singapore, Batavia [Jakarta], Darwin, Solomon Islands, and inter-island services serving Pacific Islands. The Burns Philp travel brochure describes Java including Sourabaya [Surabaya], Batavia [Jakarta],the Buddhist temple complex of Borobudur and the Hindu complex of Prambanan, and Singapore, Bali, and Malaya [Malaysia]. There are descriptions of the passenger ships TSS Marella and MV Merkur, travel tips, and fare schedule and distances.
Map is 24" x 12.5" has staining, tears and holes.
Burns, Philp & Co. was a major Australian shipping line founded in April 1883 by two Scotsmen who were engaged in the black birding (slavery) trade at the time but ended this in 1886. In the 1900s, the company operated as merchants and shipping agents, mail carrier, and tourist passenger services in Melanesia. By midcentury, the company had expanded into to the food, beverage and related industries, and continued expanding to include 200 companies in 100 industries. The company delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 2006.
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
