La vida cotidiana a bordo de un barco de vapor

Abstract

Everyday Life on Board of a Steamboat
The construction in 1807 of the first passenger ship, and later a steamboat, by Robert Fulton, significantly shortened a travel time. However, travelling continued to last, especially on transatlantic routes. What were the activities of the travelers, our ancestors, throughout the cruise weeks then? What did the passengers do while they toured the ocean? It is possible to answer these and other questions thanks to the diaries, memoirs, and also the letters written on board of the steamboats. Neither a language of these annotations, nor a trail of a cruise influenced the daily lives of the passengers. Given the Hispanic context of our symposium, we will focus on the sources related to Spanish-speaking people.