This subject and the association with the resorts and their traffic connections had developed from a formerly studied subject： ＂maritime connections to Haapsalu--how the vacationer arrived in the resort＂. After the...This subject and the association with the resorts and their traffic connections had developed from a formerly studied subject： ＂maritime connections to Haapsalu--how the vacationer arrived in the resort＂. After the first passenger steamer, PS Comet, was deployed in 1812 on the river Clyde, this new vessel type was used for commercial services. It was recognized quite soon that steamboats had big potential for recreational activities. This paper uses the deductive and the comparative historical methods to examine how these trends were followed in the Baltic region. Deductive method is used for explaining the common trends in using the early steamers, for example, Baltic region. Comparative history method is, on the one hand, used for showing the differences and similarities between Baltic region and Europe steamers traffic developments in 19th century. On the other hand, there is used comparison of the steamer routes and their coherence with resorts vacationer numbers. The aim of this paper is to explain how resorts were integrated into steamship schedules by shipping companies operating in the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire.展开更多
文摘This subject and the association with the resorts and their traffic connections had developed from a formerly studied subject： ＂maritime connections to Haapsalu--how the vacationer arrived in the resort＂. After the first passenger steamer, PS Comet, was deployed in 1812 on the river Clyde, this new vessel type was used for commercial services. It was recognized quite soon that steamboats had big potential for recreational activities. This paper uses the deductive and the comparative historical methods to examine how these trends were followed in the Baltic region. Deductive method is used for explaining the common trends in using the early steamers, for example, Baltic region. Comparative history method is, on the one hand, used for showing the differences and similarities between Baltic region and Europe steamers traffic developments in 19th century. On the other hand, there is used comparison of the steamer routes and their coherence with resorts vacationer numbers. The aim of this paper is to explain how resorts were integrated into steamship schedules by shipping companies operating in the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire.
