Sonke siyalukhumbula uhambo lukaPhileas Fogg kwiintsuku ezingama-80 zokujikeleza umhlaba, kodwa into engaziwa nguJules Verne phantse yiminyaka engama-60 emva kokupapashwa kwayo, Ngomnyaka we-1922, inkampani yokuthumela iCunard yayiza kubonelela ngohambo lokuqala lokujikeleza umhlaba kwiLaconia.
Umjikelo wokuqala wehlabathi ohamba elwandle uya kuhlala iintsuku ezingama-130, kwaye abakhweli bawo bonwabele ukuma kwama-22 kumazwekazi amahlanu. Ukusukela ngo-Novemba 1922, ayikho enye inkampani ebonelele ngolunye uhambo lokuhamba ngeenqanawa, okanye ukuhambisa abakhweli abaninzi kuhambo kwihlabathi liphela kuneCunard, ubuncinci yile nto ithi iphepha labo.
I-Cunard yamkelwe ngokusesikweni njengenkampani yokuqala yokuhambisa ngenqanawa ukuqala, xa ngoJulayi 4, 1840, iBritannia yashiya iLiverpool yaya eNew York. Sele ndikhankanyile ukubhiyozela iminyaka eyi-175 ngo-2015, ungayifunda apha.
Olunye uhlobo olutsha lweCunard (mhlawumbi olungaziwa kakuhle) kukuqaliswa kohambo lokuhamba ngeenxa zonke emhlabeni, olunokuthi lwenzeke ngenxa yenkqubela phambili kwezobuchwephesha. njengokusetyenziswa kwepetroli engamanzi endaweni yamalahle, iivenkile ezibandayo zokutya, kunye nofakelo lokuqala lokungenisa umoya kwibhodi ... nangona ukugqitywa kwePanama Canal ngo-1914 kwakuthatha isigqibo, kuthintela ukujikwa kweCape Horn.
Uhambo lokuqala lwe-Cunard lokujikeleza umhlaba-lwavela xa inkampani yadibana neAmerican Express ukubonelela ngohambo lukaMagellan ngoNovemba 1922, eyokuqala ukujikeleza umhlaba. Yahlala iintsuku ezingama-130, kwaye yanikezela ngohambo ngeendawo ezingama-22 zokuma ngasentshona, kuqala ngeCaribbean nasePanama Canal, emva koko yadlula kwiPasifiki, yamisa kwiMpuma Ekude, yabuyela eNew York iwela iMeditera neAtlantic emva ukunqumla iSuez Canal.
I-Laconia, eyayiyinqanawa ecothayo ngelo xesha, yayimalunga nobukhulu be-Queen Victoria kunye ne-Queen Elizabeth, kwaye abagibeli abangama-400 bahamba ngayo, eyayiyinyani, amandla eekhabhathi zabo zokuqala. Wenza iinqanawa ezintathu kwihlabathi liphela ngo-1923, 1924 nango-1926.