MARIPOSA/ MONTEREY: 1952 - South Seas Cruises American Mail Line a double-berth cabin

a double-berth cabin

The success of PRINCESS ITALIA led to the company's purchase by P&O and the addition of the line's television star ships

while the color palate was chosen from Early American mansions

The joys of passenger life are extolled with color photos of public rooms and cabins

A fortuitously positioned tanker

MARIPOSA/ MONTEREY: 1952 - South Seas Cruises American Mail Line a double-berth cabinMatson Lines: From the mid 1960s, a thirty two page South Seas brochure for the MONTEREY MARIPOSA sisters. The first half is all about destinations with a route map and descriptions photos of Bora Bora, Tahiti, Rarotonga, New Zealand, Australia, Noumea, Fiji, Niuafo'ou, Pago Pago, and Hawaii. The second half is all about the ships. Color coded deck plans show five decks. The cabins look spacious and even the most basic inner double had private