Sujet

Lieutenant Waghorn, 1845. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Lieutenant Waghorn, 1845. Portrait of British naval officer Thomas Fletcher Waghorn, who pioneered a new route from Great Britain to India overland through Egypt before the construction of the Suez Canal in the 1860s. Waghorn claimed his route reduced the journey from over 11,000 miles (18,000 km) to 6,000 miles (9,700 km), taking between 35 and 45 days. At the time, steamships carrying mail took about three months to sail via the Cape of Good Hope. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_239

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,3Mo (2,4Mo) / 26,4cm x 42,0cm / 3120 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people male speed man men communications guy British post mail war Victorian century Britain newspapers press news concept Navy B&W warfare naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News naval officer ILN newspaper engraving portrait Unknown Thomas Fletcher Waghorn Waghorn Thomas Fletcher