Navy and Pirates
1927 tribute album from the Compagnia Italiana Transatlantica for the 1927 pilgrimage to Mecca. At the time, the fleet consisted of 21 steamers and picked up passengers from North Africa and the east coast of Africa bound for Mecca. The album is written in Italian and Arabic.
Price: $800.00
Note from Wikipedia: Transatlantica Italiana S.A. di Navigazione was acquired by Hamburg America Line when they purchased Ligure Brasiliana in 1913, but was registered under the Italian flag. In 1914 the name was changed to Transatlantica Italiana (CITRA) and in 1915, following the entry of Italy into the Great War, an Italian board of directors was formed and all German held shares were purchased. In 1932 the Citra merged with the Tirrenia - Flotte Riunite Florio – Citra.