The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4

CHAPTER I.

THE GREAT ATLANTIC FERRY. PAGE The “Grand Tour” of Former Days—The only Grand Tour left—Round 1 the World in Eighty Days—Fresh‐water Sailors and Nautical Ladies—Modern Steamships and their Speed—The _Orient_—Rivals—Routes round the Globe—Sir John Mandeville on the Subject—Difficulties in some Directions—The Great Atlantic ...