Voyages That Changed the World: The Story of the Round-the-World Sailing Ship Edwin Fox
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Voyages That Changed the World: The Story of the Round-the-World Sailing Ship Edwin Fox
19.99 €
The 19th century was a time of expanding empires, bloody liberation struggles in the colonies, globalization, and the rapid growth of international trade. What do such large-scale events have in common with an unremarkable sailing ship?
In 1853, a completely ordinary ship was built in Calcutta, which was destined to go down in history. The Edwin Fox carried soldiers participating in the Crimean War, hired workers from China to Cuba, criminals from all over the British Empire to Australia, and even frozen lamb from New Zealand to England. The sailing ship united the destinies of people of different nationalities, religions, and skin colors.
Over half a century, the Edwin Fox made many amazing voyages from Norway to Southeast Asia and became a symbol of globalization. In the 20th century, the ship's exciting adventures were a thing of the past, the equipment fell into disrepair, and the ship was riddled with holes. The Edwin Fox became a coal warehouse, abandoned to rot at the pier.
Now housed in a museum in New Zealand, it is known as the oldest surviving merchant ship. From the deck of a seagoing vessel, you will be taken on a fascinating journey through the 19th century as the world changed rapidly.
“From her promising launch in Thomas Reeves’ Calcutta shipyard to her humiliating and wholly unseemly fate in Picton Harbour 50 years later, from her captains and crews to the cargo of goods, coolies, convicts and settlers she carried, the Edwin Fox played a major role in uniting the world in the first real age of globalisation.” (Adrian Schubert, Boyd Cothran)
In 1853, a completely ordinary ship was built in Calcutta, which was destined to go down in history. The Edwin Fox carried soldiers participating in the Crimean War, hired workers from China to Cuba, criminals from all over the British Empire to Australia, and even frozen lamb from New Zealand to England. The sailing ship united the destinies of people of different nationalities, religions, and skin colors.
Over half a century, the Edwin Fox made many amazing voyages from Norway to Southeast Asia and became a symbol of globalization. In the 20th century, the ship's exciting adventures were a thing of the past, the equipment fell into disrepair, and the ship was riddled with holes. The Edwin Fox became a coal warehouse, abandoned to rot at the pier.
Now housed in a museum in New Zealand, it is known as the oldest surviving merchant ship. From the deck of a seagoing vessel, you will be taken on a fascinating journey through the 19th century as the world changed rapidly.
“From her promising launch in Thomas Reeves’ Calcutta shipyard to her humiliating and wholly unseemly fate in Picton Harbour 50 years later, from her captains and crews to the cargo of goods, coolies, convicts and settlers she carried, the Edwin Fox played a major role in uniting the world in the first real age of globalisation.” (Adrian Schubert, Boyd Cothran)
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