Umkhumbi waseMaasdam, oqanjwe ngoMfula iMaas eNetherlands, ungomunye wemikhakha yakudala yeHolland America Line, uyiwele leStatendam, iRyndam neVeendam futhi yize yavulwa ngonyaka we-1993, isilungisiwe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Ilukuluku, lona ngumkhumbi wesihlanu ophethe leli gama emlandweni wale nkampani weminyaka engu-140.
Lesi sikebhe sinikeza indawo ejwayelekile kakhulu ngenxa yobukhulu baso obuphakathi nezindawo zaso ezivamile. Uye umthamo wabagibeli nabagibeli abangu-1.258, kanti abantu abangu-580 bakha iqembu. Iningi lamakamelo alo angaphandle anewindi, futhi indawo ngayinye (150) inethala layo langasese.
Lo mkhumbi wenza imikhumbi emikhulu, udabula i-Atlantic kanye nemikhawulo yaseMelika, uze ufike e-Australia naseNew Zealand ngesiphakamiso esihle kakhulu sekhwalithi nesevisi.
Umhlobiso weMaasdam uhlonipha isikhathi seDutch East kanye nezinkampani zaseNtshonalanga kusukela ngekhulu le-XNUMX kuya kwele-XNUMX. Engxenyeni emaphakathi yomkhumbi isithombe esibaziwe seTotem, esenziwe ngumdwebi uLuciano Vistosi, esinezingcezu ezicishe zibe yizi-2.000 XNUMX zengilazi kaMurano esalokhu ikhonjiswa endaweni ephakeme enezitezi ezintathu.
Obunye ubuciko obumangazayo eMaasdam yimidwebo emibili engabonakali yegumbi lokudlela laseRotterdam, kanye neqoqo eliyingqayizivele lesikhathi sase-Edo sekwedlule izinkathi zensimbi zaseJapan namalahle brazier.
I-Gastronomy ingezinye zezinto ezivelele zalo mkhumbi, okubandakanya ukudla kwasezwenikazi kanye nezinye izindlela zemifino kanye ne-carbohydrate ephansi. Enye yezindawo zokudlela ezinconywe kakhulu yiPinnacle Grill, indawo esondelene kakhulu lapho ukubhuka kudingeka khona ngamamenyu aphezulu. Inikeza inyama yenkomo esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu iSterling Silver, izitsha zokudla kwasolwandle eziyela ngasocansini nezinhlobonhlobo zamawayini akhethiwe alinganiswe kahle yi-Wine Spectator.