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North
Atlantic Packet
Ship.
Between 1846 and 1855, more than two million people boarded packet ships to
make the thirty-five to forty day sail across the Atlantic to the east coast
of North America. These ships were built for speed to carry passengers during
the great burst of commercial activity that accompanied the Industrial
Revolution in the nineteenth century and coincided with the high point of
migration to the New World. Conditions on board the packets were often
crowded, dark, claustrophobic and where diseases such as cholera and typhus
were frequent bunk-mates. The packet ships made regular runs, with 1,000
crossings made from England to North America in 1853 alone. These ships were
the main carriers of those headed to the New World until 1880, when the
sailing packets were replaced by steam powered vessels.
Length Overall 34 inches.
1/96
SCALE
6-SHEETS
PKR-005
PRICE:
$ 45.00
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