Regency Travel: Steam Packets
New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue
New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue
Appearing in the September 1817 edition of Ackermann’s Repository, this is a first hand account of British travelers becoming persona non grata all over Europe. Continue
This story appeared in the April 1818 La Belle Assemblee column, “Anecdotes of Illustrious Females”. Although occurring several Continue
In 1796 there were over 12,000 watermen in England. By 1828 there were more than 3,000 wherries (or rowboats) on the Thames in and around Continue