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1858-9: A diary of a young woman's epic voyage, sailing with Robert Stephenson from Southampton to Alexandria in 1858 and travelling on to Cairo and Upper Egypt.
This is an amazing diary of an eighteen year old girl's adventure in 1858 when she sailed on Robert Stephenson's yacht 'Titania' from Southampton to Alexandria with fascinating descriptions of visits to ports of call on the voyage.
She writes a vivid and lively story of these many interesting places in a fresh and uninhibited way which almost makes the reader feel that they are part of the scene.
Of course, Robert Stephenson was famously known amongst his many achievements, as the designer of the acclaimed 'Rocket' locomotive in Newcastle upon Tyne which convincingly won the 'Rainhill Trials' in 1829 and which subsequently prompted and transformed the country and the world by the introduction of railways for the transport of goods and people.
There were other intrepid passengers on the yacht an iron-hulled two masted schooner ninety one feet overall of whom bravely endured storms and illness during the sixteen week journey but who were rewarded by gaining a remarkable insight into ways of life which have long since disappeared.
This is an amazing diary of an eighteen year old girl's adventure in 1858 when she sailed on Robert Stephenson's yacht 'Titania' from Southampton to Alexandria with fascinating descriptions of visits to ports of call on the voyage.
She writes a vivid and lively story of these many interesting places in a fresh and uninhibited way which almost makes the reader feel that they are part of the scene.
Of course, Robert Stephenson was famously known amongst his many achievements, as the designer of the acclaimed 'Rocket' locomotive in Newcastle upon Tyne which convincingly won the 'Rainhill Trials' in 1829 and which subsequently prompted and transformed the country and the world by the introduction of railways for the transport of goods and people.
There were other intrepid passengers on the yacht an iron-hulled two masted schooner ninety one feet overall of whom bravely endured storms and illness during the sixteen week journey but who were rewarded by gaining a remarkable insight into ways of life which have long since disappeared.
