Cruising the World – From Gondolas to Megaships

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Cruising the World – From Gondolas to Megaships

Houseboat with two cabins for passengers cruising the tropical Kerala Backwaters on the Malabar coast of South India.

Photographs by Dennis Cox, Text by Clark Norton In the course of reviewing “Cruising the World – From Gondolas to Megaships”, the 208 pages, 9.5” x 12” full-color hardcover coffee table book featuring 535 photos, depicting 37 varieties of cruise vessels, representing 77 countries, on all seven continents, I interviewed the photographer Dennis Cox. I […]

Cruising the World – From Gondolas to Megaships
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