Name of Object:

Carlo de Rossetti (consul of the Grand Duke of Tuscany) gives notice of a new ferry boat service between Alexandria (Egypt) and Constantinople operated by a Tuscan steamship

Name in original language:

Notificazione concernente l’attivazione di corse regolari fra Alessandria e Costantinopoli, e viceversa, mediante il Battello a Vapore Toscano Il Generoso, ed il suo servizio

Location:

Livorno, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Livorno

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Livorno

Date of Object:

Alexandria, 19 April 1838

Description:

The steamboat Il Generoso had three classes of service: the first-class ticket cost 42.5 Thalers and the second class one 30 Thalers; they both included meals. By contrast, the third-class ticket (12 Thalers) did not entitle one to meals. The trip lasted five days. According to the poster, the steamboat Il Generoso was equipped with “very confortable cabins and living rooms, including a special living room for ladies”.

Type of Object

Poster (archival document)

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

AS Li, Governo civile e militare, b. 890

Citation of this web page:

Cristina Francioli "Carlo de Rossetti (consul of the Grand Duke of Tuscany) gives notice of a new ferry boat service between Alexandria (Egypt) and Constantinople operated by a Tuscan steamship" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;53;en

Prepared by: Cristina Francioli
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 053