Streamlined, Elegant, Speedy ... Cargo Ships A Freighter That Will Halve Transatlantic Crossing Times Is Being Built by a British Inventor, Writes Hilary ClarkeThe final touches are being made in America to a $1bn (pounds 621m) deal to finance the world's fastest ever cargo ship and ...
Charles Dickensand his wife travelled to the United States onBritannia. The weather was bad, he was seasick for most of the voyage and returned home on a sailing ship. He wrote that his stateroom was a coffin with a window and he truly believed the ship wouldn’t survive the crossing....
slave shipBrooksSlave ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean were notorious for their overcrowded, unsanitary conditions. A drawing from about 1790 of the slave shipBrooksshows how more than 420 adults and children could be crammed aboard. © Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com ...