Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM) History and Ephemera

Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM) History and Ephemera

Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Amsterdam (KNSM ) / Royal Netherlands Steamship Co.

This long established Dutch shipping company was one of the really great Caribbean, Central American and South American traders with a very big fleet. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maats (KNSM) was founded on 1st October 1856 by a group of Dutch entrepreneurs. KSNM provided cargo and passenger services from Northern Europe to the West Indies, Central and South America.

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