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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 4 (of 4) by W. S. Lindsay

introduction of steam itself for the purposes of navigation; nor indeed

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was it the idea of any one person interested in the trade between Great Britain and the United States of America, though one man set himself more zealously to carry it into practical and continuous operation than any one else. [Sidenote: Origin of the Cunard Company, 1838.] So far back as 1830, Mr. Samuel Cunard of Halifax, N.S., contemplated the establishment of a mail service between the two continents, his original plan, which he followed up, being to run steamers from Liverpool to Halifax (that harbour presenting unusual facilities for the reception of steam-vessels) and thence to Boston in the United States. About that time the Government of Bombay which had just launched the _Hugh Lindsay_, and the East India Company were considering the
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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I. Pages 1-59 3. CHAPTER II. 60-120 4. CHAPTER III. 121-162 5. CHAPTER IV. 163-220 6. CHAPTER V. 221-250 7. CHAPTER VI. 251-291 8. CHAPTER VII. 292-313 9. CHAPTER VIII. 314-335 10. CHAPTER IX. 336-375 11. CHAPTER X. 376-415 12. CHAPTER XI. 416-446 13. CHAPTER XII. 447-485 14. CHAPTER XIII. 486-515 15. CHAPTER XIV. 516-543 16. CHAPTER XV. 544-584 17. CHAPTER I. 18. Part II., “Specifications relating to Marine Propulsion”), convinced 19. 5. Iron bolts with screws. 6. Depth of the inner beam. 7. The wheel 20. CHAPTER II. 21. Part II. 1860. In this interesting paper, Mr. Evans calls attention to 22. 1843. She was considered a remarkably fine model, and of very unusual 23. CHAPTER III. 24. CHAPTER IV. 25. introduction of steam itself for the purposes of navigation; nor indeed 26. introduction of larger steam-vessels for their naval service, and, 27. CHAPTER V.

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