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Atlantic Voyages
Author | : John McAleer |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2023-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780192647603 |
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As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable. Mackrabie's journey was conducted under the auspices of the London-based East India Company and was one of the many thousands of Company voyages that brought Europeans into contact with Asian countries and cultures, as well as numerous people and places along the way. Atlantic Voyages tells the story of travellers like Mackrabie as they navigated the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, reflecting on who and what they had left behind in Europe, looking forward to new challenges in Asia, and evaluating the sights and smells, sounds and tastes, hopes and expectations, fears and regrets, that regaled their senses and played on their minds as they sailed along the way. It charts the tension between tedium and terror on the one hand, and exhilaration and excitement on the other, attempting to understand the maritime space of the Atlantic as it was experienced by the people who traversed its waters. The lives of the people carried by East Indiamen were deeply affected by their Atlantic experiences. They confronted the reality of shipboard life: its seasickness and boredom, its cramped living conditions, its questionable dining fare, and its severely restricted privacy. They acclimatised to the rhythms of the ocean and the vicissitudes of the weather. They encountered rites of passage and ceremonies of initiation on the high seas. They prepared themselves for cultural disorientation and a host of unusual sights and sensations. And they wondered at the extraordinary beauty of the elements around them - the sea, the sky, the islands - and the strangeness of their inhabitants, human and animal alike. The ship's passage played a crucial role in shaping the responses and experiences of those individuals surrounded by its wooden walls. Their words bring to life this maritime journey, illuminate the experiences of the people who undertook it, and contribute to our understanding of the place of the Atlantic Ocean in wider histories of the East India Company and the British Empire in this period.
Reports from Commissioners
Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:555101294 |
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Atlantic Crossings
Author | : Daniel T. RODGERS |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 671 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674042827 |
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This text is an account of the vibrant international network that the American soci-political reformers constructed - so often obscured by notions of American exceptionalism - and of its profound impact on the USA from the 1870's through to 1945.
Atlantic Voyages
Author | : John McAleer |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2023-06 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9780192894748 |
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As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable. Mackrabie's journey was conducted under the auspices of the London-based East India Company and was one of the many thousands of Company voyages that brought Europeans into contact with Asian countries and cultures, as well as numerous people and places along the way. Atlantic Voyages tells the story of travellers like Mackrabie as they navigated the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, reflecting on who and what they had left behind in Europe, looking forward to new challenges in Asia, and evaluating the sights and smells, sounds and tastes, hopes and expectations, fears and regrets, that regaled their senses and played on their minds as they sailed along the way. It charts the tension between tedium and terror on the one hand, and exhilaration and excitement on the other, attempting to understand the maritime space of the Atlantic as it was experienced by the people who traversed its waters. The lives of the people carried by East Indiamen were deeply affected by their Atlantic experiences. They confronted the reality of shipboard life: its seasickness and boredom, its cramped living conditions, its questionable dining fare, and its severely restricted privacy. They acclimatised to the rhythms of the ocean and the vicissitudes of the weather. They encountered rites of passage and ceremonies of initiation on the high seas. They prepared themselves for cultural disorientation and a host of unusual sights and sensations. And they wondered at the extraordinary beauty of the elements around them - the sea, the sky, the islands - and the strangeness of their inhabitants, human and animal alike. The ship's passage played a crucial role in shaping the responses and experiences of those individuals surrounded by its wooden walls. Their words bring to life this maritime journey, illuminate the experiences of the people who undertook it, and contribute to our understanding of the place of the Atlantic Ocean in wider histories of the East India Company and the British Empire in this period.
The Brendan Voyage
Author | : Tim Severin,Timothy Severin |
Publsiher | : Gill Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Ocean travel |
ISBN | : PSU:000066885931 |
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In an extraordinary attempt to recreate St Brendan's journey to America, Tim Severin and his crew embarked on an epic voyage across the vast North Atlantic. Brilliantly written, this is their story.
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
Author | : Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 994 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11036640 |
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Journal of the Society of Arts
Author | : Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Industrial arts |
ISBN | : UOM:39015058423305 |
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Off Shore
Author | : Birgit Braasch,Claudia Müller |
Publsiher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2020-09-11 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9783643912466 |
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The book highlights facets of people's experiences since the 19th century with Atlantic space and the design of their stay on board ships. The contributions range from the perspective of pleasure-seeking tourists, who used ships as a temporary, luxurious homes to the perspective of military personnel, who perceived the Atlantic Passage as a transition between homeland security and potentially dangerous professional operations - the risks of sea voyages even on technically sophisticated ocean liners, whose interiors and services often include grand hotels in the metropolises of the late 19th and 20th century, were discreetly ignored by the passengers. The charm of the Atlantic and the ship, unthinkable in earlier times, should not be decimated in any way.