Transatlantic - Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Fox, a freelance historian, is the author of five previous books. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts. Klappentext During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants who transformed the United States. In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built. Zusammenfassung During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants who transformed the United States. In Transatlantic , the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Fox, Stephen R. Fox, Fox Stephen
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780060955496
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095549-6
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 232 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Harper Perennial
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; TRANSPORTATION / Navigation, Navigation and seamanship, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, TRANSPORTATION: Ships & Shipbuilding / History, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), TRANSPORTATION: Navigation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: General