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Transatlantic Route

An image of an early map of the Atlantic Ocean with eastern North America on the left and western Europe and north-eastern Africa on the right. The destination ports that the Paris Crew would have visited on their Transatlantic journey from Saint John New Brunswick to Paris France are identified, with a dotted line connecting each of the cities.

Source: New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame PHF.5-24

Map showing the Transatlantic steamer route from New York, United States of America to Southampton, England.

In the 1860s a Transtlantic journey by steam ship could take as long as ten days or more.