the elizabethan era transportation and travel by: jazmin markey
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THE STREETS
The streets during this time period were always
busy. There were constantly people walking around
everywhere. If a space wasn’t occupied by a person,
it was occupied by a horse or a horse and carriage.
The streets were described as “narrow and smelly”.
BY LAND?
By land you say? Yes, almost everyone really did
travel by land. Whether it was on the back of a
horse, in a carriage, or on foot for that matter. But
why use a horse over walking, or choose walking
over a horse? Well why don’t we attempt to figure
this out.
WHO WANTS TO GO FOR A WALK?
It was indeed very common to travel by foot during
this time period. Since there were very few ways of
transportation, almost everything was built in
walking distance. Didn’t have money for a horse or
boat? Well here was your answer.
ANYONE UP FOR A RIDE ON A HORSE?
Another means of transportation during the
Elizabethan Era was riding a horse. It was
considered the fastest because the horse only had to
carry the weight of one person and the horse would
easily be able to fit through small spaces in towns.
CARRIAGE RIDE, ANYONE?
If you weren’t up for a ride on a horse, how about a
ride in a carriage pulled by a horse? If you weren’t in
too much of a rush there were always carriages near
by to help with your transportation needs.
BY WATER
If land isn’t your thing, the maybe you’d prefer
traveling by water. A source of water to travel on
was the Thanes River.
B OAT RIDE ANYONE? ONLY COSTS A PENNY.
A penny you say? Yes, only a penny. If you were
traveling a little bit longer of a distance you may
want to catch a boat ride. Most seemed to find them
much cleaner than traveling through the streets
anyway. They were also considered quite fast.
Without people in your way all of the time, it had to
be faster, right?
AS YOU CAN SEE..
Obviously means of transportation were much
different then what our world offers us now, but you
have to give them some credit. They did work with
what they had without complaining. At least with out
a lot of complaining.
THE RESOURCES I USED WERE:
http://
library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312646/elizabethan_era.ht
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http://www.tomecek.com/jay/EverydayLiving.html
http://http://elizabethan.org/compendium/
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/27.html