Sujet

The Royal British and North American Mail-Packet Company's New Steam-Ship "Persia", 1856. Creator: Smyth.

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The Royal British and North American Mail-Packet Company's New Steam-Ship "Persia", 1856. 'This leviathan vessel, the largest steam-ship afloat...left Liverpool...on her first voyage across the Atlantic...The Persia has been constructed entirely by Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, and in the trip from Greenock to Liverpool her performance gave the greatest satisfaction'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

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HRM23A57_036

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Droits gérés

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46,7Mo (4,3Mo) / 48,4cm x 24,2cm / 5711 x 2859 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea technology communication communications boat boats industry large ship ships British post mail geography color steamer big industrial paddle steamer paddle steamers century Britain newspapers press concept B&W engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour shipping Industry steamship 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W biggest white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News steam ship ILN newspaper Napier Smyth Robert Robert Napier 19th-century British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company