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9 maj 2011 · Maritime mortality rates were declining on passenger ships in the nineteenth century, but witnessing a death and funeral during an ocean voyage nevertheless remained a common enough experience. The article explores reactions to ocean funerals on nineteenth-century British and Irish emigrant ships and also more broadly.
16 gru 2020 · In some images, flowers surround the deceased. In others, symbols of death and time — like an hourglass or a clock — mark the portrait as a post-mortem photograph. By capturing the dead on film, Victorian death photos gave families the illusion of control.
A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there is often a substantial loss of life. This list covers those disasters where 30 or more lives were lost.
19th century death photos offer a haunting glimpse into the mourning practices and cultural attitudes surrounding death during this time period. While controversial and macabre, these photographs served as both mementos of loved ones and an attempt to confront the reality of mortality.
Life at sea during the age of sail was filled with hardship. Sailors had to accept cramped conditions, disease, poor food and pay, and bad weather. Over a period of hundreds of years, seafarers from the age of the early explorers to the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, shared many common experiences.
Life on a whaling vessel during the 19th century was fraught with danger. Death was a constant threat, whether from illness caused by the poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions on board, injury or being trapped on capsized vessels. The crew were often away from their friends and family for months at a time.
Known as Coffin ships, the immigration ships commissioned during the Irish Famine to transport desperate, starving families to North America were overcrowded and often unseaworthy.
