Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
Follow us online:
Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
Maritime Archive and Library
Temporary archive display, until 6 June 2010
Reverse of menu from 'Changsha', China Navigation Co Ltd.
Reference: OA 803
Liverpool's position by the sea gives the city and its people a connection with the rest of the world. Liverpool is a merchant navy port, based on trade and commerce. Business pursuits sent people from Liverpool around the world and into interactions with other cultures.
This small display of items from the Maritime Archives and Library highlight links between Liverpool and China.
Excerpt from a photograph album by Captain WE Jones (born 1879), P&O. The caption reads: Wharfs and ferries etc Hong Kong harbour after typhoon October 1906'. Reference: DX/2464
Fukien sea going junk (model) This is the same type of vessel as the Keying, the first ever Chinese junk to sail to Europe, which visited Liverpool in 1853. Reference: 930MAZ/R/OS