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A Virtual Journey on the Rhine around 1850

You can make a virtual journey by steamboat from Mainz to Cologne calling in at 21 ports. This section of the Rhine and the ports are depicted as they were in 1850 and 2010 for comparison. Additional interactive maps enable the user to explore on screen the importance of Mainz in the early-19th-century constellation of German states, as well as the transportation of passengers and goods by Mainz shipping companies around 1850.