ISAAC WEBB

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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PKR-005

 

ISAAC

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45.00

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