James Croil traces the steamship from its first experiments to the ocean liners of the 1890s. He covers the Cunard Line and its founders, the North Atlantic companies, steam routes to India and the East, the coming of steam to the Royal Navy, and, in close detail, the St. Lawrence route and the commerce of the Great Lakes and the provinces of Canada.
A detailed Victorian survey of shipping history, with particular value for Canadian and Great Lakes maritime history. Download the free EPUB.