Transatlantic
Subtitle: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: July 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780060195953
Subjects: Ships & Shipbuilding - History; Water Transportation; North Atlantic Ocean; History - General History; Steamboats; History: World; Steamboat lines; Ocean liners; Maritime History; Modern - 19th Century; History / General; General; History
First sentence: Before steamships started crossing the North Atlantic, the best way to travel between Europe and America was by sailing ships called packets.