The emigrants’ journey: from sailing ships to the second post-war period with special focus on departures from the port of Trieste
Francesco Fait

The emigrants’ journey is of particular importance for the observer of the 21st century, as it has been for the millions of people who have experienced or witnessed such journeys in the past decades and centuries, as well as for earlier observers. It is by no means a coincidence that between 1871 and 1914, the period of the so-called "great transatlantic emigration", it was common to stretch a thread between the ship deck and the land: the thread broke when the ship left the dock, bringing its load of emigrants towards the ocean.

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Ships are the undisputed protagonists of journeys to America, or the New Continent; they made the history of emigration and represented the means to start a new life. In the profile cards below you can find out which emigrants travelled on which ship, as well as look at the photos taken in the ports of departure, of arrival and on board.


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Dante Alighieri

Duca d'Aosta

Duca degli Abruzzi

Duilio