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

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