Dukanmu muna tunawa da abubuwan da suka faru na Phileas Fogg a cikin kwanaki 80 don zagaya duniya, amma abin da Jules Verne bai sani ba kusan shekaru 60 bayan buga ta, A cikin 1922, kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na Cunard zai ba da cikakken zagaye-zagaye na duniya akan Laconia.
Wannan zagaye na farko da duniya ke bi ta cikin teku zai dauki tsawon kwanaki 130, kuma fasinjojinsa sun ji dadin tsayawa 22 a nahiyoyi biyar. Tun daga watan Nuwamba 1922, babu wani kamfani da ya ba da ƙarin jiragen ruwa, ko jigilar fasinjoji da yawa a tafiye -tafiye a duniya fiye da Cunard, aƙalla wannan shine abin da shafinsu ke faɗi.
An san Cunard a hukumance a matsayin kamfanin jigilar kaya na farko don fara zirga -zirgar tururi, lokacin da ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1840, Britannia ta bar Liverpool zuwa New York. Na riga na ambaci bikin shekaru 175 a cikin 2015, kuna iya karanta shi a nan.
Wani bidi'ar Cunard (wataƙila ba a san ta sosai ba) ita ce gabatarwar jirgin ruwa na duniya, wanda zai iya faruwa godiya ga wasu ci gaban fasaha. kamar amfani da man fetur na ruwa maimakon kwal, samun shagunan sanyi don abinci, da kuma shigarwar iska na farko a cikin jirgin ... duk da cewa kammala aikin Canal na Panama a cikin 1914 ya kasance mai yanke hukunci, yana guje wa karkacewa ta hanyar Cape Horn.
Jirgin ruwan farko na zagaye na duniya Cunard ya tashi lokacin da kamfanin ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da American Express don ba da sake aiwatar da balaguron Magellan a watan Nuwamba 1922, na farko da ya kewaya Duniya. Ya ɗauki kwanaki 130, kuma ya ba da hanya tare da tasha 22 zuwa yamma, na farko ta Caribbean da Canal na Panama, sannan ta cikin Tekun Pacific, ya tsaya a Gabas mai nisa, kuma ya koma New York ta ƙetare Bahar Rum da Atlantika bayan tsallaka Kogin Suez.
Laconia, wanda ya kasance sanyin jirgin ruwa na lokacin, ya yi daidai da Sarauniya Victoria ta yanzu da Sarauniya Elizabeth, kuma a cikinta fasinjoji 400 ne suka yi tafiya, wanda a zahiri, ƙarfin dakunan ɗakunansu na farko. Ya yi jiragen ruwa guda uku a duniya a 1923, 1924 da 1926.