Cunard's steam ships shrink the world
Halifax businessman Samuel Cunard has a wild idea: a regularly scheduled steam ship going back and forth across the Atlantic, carrying both passengers and the Royal Mail.
He gambles his fortune on a wild idea: a regularly-scheduled steam ship service across the Atlantic
Halifax businessman Samuel Cunard already has experience with steam ships, having turned the Dartmouth-Halifax ferry into a steam powered operation.
Now, he's decided to gamble his fortune on running the first regularly scheduled steam ship service across the Atlantic. If his maiden voyage goes as planned, soon his boats will take mail and passengers from Liverpool to Boston and Halifax.