Samuel Cunard: Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic

by John Boileau

Book Overview

An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution

In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of Samuel Cunard who, for decades, ruled a shipping empire on the North Atlantic.
By the time Cunard died in 1865, he had witnessed the emergence of steamships, developed trade links with China and helped establish the Quebec and Halifax Steam...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887807127
• ISBN13: 9780887807121
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Formac Publishing Company Limited
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 9.0"