Across the Oceans: Development of Overseas Business Information Transmission 1815-1875

ISBN-13: 9789517469043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 459 str.

Seija-Riitta Laakso

Opis

In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. This book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems w