Wooden inlaid world map from the liner "Mozambique"
Entry/Object ID
1975.011.001
Description
From Liner Mozambique.
Light colored wood base. All continents in different exotic woods that are inlaid. The crest of the ship is inlaid. Compass Rose inlaid. Neptune in hell pulled by seahorses and surrounded by mermaids are inlaid; Rising Sun inlaid; Course of ship shown on map from Mozambique to ship was scrapped in Taiwan, Kaohsiung, 1972. The picture was originally hung in the ship's restaurant. Nationality of vessel was Portuguese. 12,800 tons, 550 X 67 feet. Twin screw M/V 18 knots. Year 1948, 730 passengers. Sister ship of "Angola."
1946-1949 POST-WORLD WAR II
