Transportation During Shakespeare's Times
The playwright William Shakespeare was alive from 1564 to 1616. This was before there were trains and airplanes so if people wanted to get somewhere they had three choices.
1. WALKING
COST
Free
POPULARITY
Popular with the poor.
ADVANTAGES
Walking is Free!!! You don’t have to wait for a carriage or boat.
DISADVANTAGES
It’s very slow and you can’t cross over water.
2. BOATS
COST
Riding a barge costs £10 . A ferry ride costs a penny for a horseman.
POPULARITY
Barges and ferries were popular.
ADVANTAGES
England had a large network of canals which were easier to travel on than dirt roads. The only way to get to Europe was by ship.
DISADVANTAGES
Sometimes its not a direct way of getting where you’re going. It could cost a lot. Ships can sink.
3. HORSES AND CARRIAGES
COST
This is the most expensive way to travel . Only for the rich
POPULARITY
The only way to travel if you were rich.
ADVANTAGES
Traveling by carriage is faster and more private.
DISADVANTAGES
More costly and sometimes smelly because riding behind horses can smell bad.
#1 http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/120D/Money.html
#2 https://sethmooreenglishblog.weebly.com/shakespeare/the-elizabethan-era
#3 http://www.tomecek.com/jay/EverydayLiving.html
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