Note: in Search of a Ship? Identifying the vessel in Harriet Martineau’s A Month at Sea

Abstract

The transatlantic voyage in a sailing packet described by Martineau in her autobiography took place in  a ship with a fictitious name, the identity of which is established through clues in the text.

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Filed under: Atlantic | Other (Nineteenth C)
Subjects include: Ocean Liners & Passenger Craft