English: Cover illustration of a 24-page brochure for the "Gala Maiden Voyage of the Sun Liner
Independence Mediterranean Cruise Feb. 10, 1951".
American Export Lines Feb 10 - April 4, 1951, 22 Mediterranean ports in 53 days.
Itinerary: New York: Sat, Feb 10, 1951, Madeira: Fri., Feb.16, Casablanca: Sat. Feb.17 (for Marrakesh, Rabat, Fez, and Meknes), Cadiz: Mon, Feb.19 (for Seville, Granada, and the Alhambra), Gibraltar: Tue, Feb. 20, Tangier: Tue, Feb. 20, Malaga: Wed, Feb. 21, Algiers: Feb. 22, (for the Kasbah), Palermo: Sat, Feb. 24 (for Monreale), Naples: Sun. Feb. 25 (for Pompeii, Amalfii, and Sorrento), Athens: Tue, Feb, 27 (for the Parthenon and Acropolis), Haifa: Thu. Mar.1 (for Israel: Tel-Aviv, The Holy Land, Nazareth, Tiberias, Capernaum, Jerusalem-in-Israel, Mt. Carmel), Larnaca: Sun. Mar. 4 (Cyprus), Beirut: Mon. Mar. 5, (for Damascus, Baalbeck, Jerusalem-in-Hashemite-Transjordan, Bethlehem, Mount of Olives), Alexandria:Thu. Mar. 8, (for Cairo, the Pyramids, and Luxor), Istanbul: Thu. Mar. 15, Naples: Mon. Mar. 19 (for Capri, Rome, and Florence), Genoa: Thu. Mar. 22 (for Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Portofino and the Italian Riviera), Cannes: Sat. Mar. 24 (for Nice, Monte Carlo, Grasse, and the French Riviera), Barcelona: Mon. Mar. 26, Palma: Tue. Mar. 27 (Capital of the Balearic Islands), Gibraltar: Wed. Mar. 28, Lisbon: Thu. Mar. 29 (for Cinfra, Beiem, Estoril and Fatima), New York: Wed. Apr. 4, 11:00 AM.