The “Scrubby Scotch Screw Company”: British India Steam Navigation Co.'s Coastal Services in South Asia, 1862-1870
The “Scrubby Scotch Screw Company”: British India Steam Navigation Co.'s Coastal Services in South Asia, 1862-1870
Forbes Munro’s essay on the Mackinnon group’s activities in the Indian Oceans adds to our understanding of the impact of British shipping interests abroad. The 1860s were marked by a gradual spread of steamship lines in the Indian Ocean: Munro traces the ownership and management of British India steamships and how they flourished in a maritime environment so far removed from industrial and commercial conditions which spawned the steamship.
Keywords: British Shipping, Shipbuilding, Mackinnon Group, Indian Maritime History
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