The Marco Polo: Queen of the Seas

When gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, the owner of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, James Baines, bought the Marco Polo, a huge cargo-carrier built in Saint John, New Brunswick, an... Read allWhen gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, the owner of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, James Baines, bought the Marco Polo, a huge cargo-carrier built in Saint John, New Brunswick, and had it refitted for passenger travel. On its first voyage, it circumnavigated the globe ... Read allWhen gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, the owner of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, James Baines, bought the Marco Polo, a huge cargo-carrier built in Saint John, New Brunswick, and had it refitted for passenger travel. On its first voyage, it circumnavigated the globe in the record-shattering time of under six months. In seventeen subsequent voyages it deli... Read all