Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, Historisches Werbeplakat, Holzstich, erschienen 1900 - Stock-Grafiken

Historical advertisement plakat of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line - a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by German immigration to the United States and later, immigration from Eastern Europe. On 1 September 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd AG. Wood engraving, published in 1900.