Voyages from the past : a history of passengers at sea / Simon Wills.
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Cover; Dedication Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A Queen's Gift for the Sultan; Chapter 2: Early Emigrants to America; Chapter 3: Voyage to India; Chapter 4: Health Trip to Europe; Chapter 5: Visiting the Caribbean; Chapter 6: Trading Interests in South America; Chapter 7: Early Steamship Across the Atlantic; Chapter 8: Death and Disease Under Sail; Chapter 9: Christian Missionary to Africa; Chapter 10: A Tragic Storm in the Bay of Biscay; Chapter 11: Emigration to New Zealand by Clipper; Chapter 12: Steamship to Australia with P & O.
Chapter 13: A Steerage Passenger to New YorkChapter 14: An Infamous Casualty of War; Chapter 15: World Cruise in Luxury; Chapter 16: Honeymooners in the Great Depression; Chapter 17: Taking an African Holiday; Bibliography.
A social history of sea travel from the passengers' perspective, encompassing all walks of life and vessels departing from a variety of UK ports. Simon Wills tells the stories of ordinary people who travelled by sea between 1600 and 1940, from early Ameri.
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