Sonke sikhumbula ukuzidela kukaPhileas Fogg ezinsukwini ezingama-80 zokuhamba emhlabeni jikelele, kepha lokho uJules Verne wayengazi cishe eminyakeni engama-60 ngemuva kokushicilelwa, Ngo-1922, inkampani yokuthumela impahla yakwaCunard yayizonikela ngohambo lokuqala oluphelele lokuzungeza umhlaba eLaconia.
Lo mzuliswano wokuqala umhlaba ohamba olwandle uzohlala izinsuku eziyi-130, futhi abagibeli bawo bajabulele ukuma kwama-22 emazwenikazi amahlanu. Kusukela ngoNovemba 1922, ayikho enye inkampani eye yanikela ngemikhumbi eminingi, noma yathutha abagibeli abaningi ohambweni lomhlaba jikelele kuneCunard, okungenani yilokhu okushiwo yikhasi labo.
I-Cunard yamukelwa ngokusemthethweni njengenkampani yokuqala yokuthumela imikhumbi eqala ukuhamba ngomkhumbi i-transatlantic, lapho ngoJulayi 4, 1840, abaseBrithani bashiya iLiverpool baya eNew York. Ngivele ngishilo ukugubha iminyaka eyi-175 ngonyaka we-2015, ungayifunda lapha.
Okunye okusha kweCunard (mhlawumbe okungaziwa kangako) ukwethulwa kohambo lokuzungeza umhlaba, okungenzeka ukuthi lwenzeka ngenxa yentuthuko ethile yezobuchwepheshe njengokusebenzisa uphethiloli owuketshezi esikhundleni samalahle, ukuba nezitolo ezibandayo zokudla, kanye nokufakwa kokuqala komoya ebhodini ... yize ukuphothulwa kwePanama Canal ngo-1914 kwaba yisinqumo esinqumayo, ukuvikela ukuchezuka kweCape Horn.
Uhambo lokuqala lukaCunard lokuzungeza umhlaba lwafika lapho inkampani ibambisene neAmerican Express ukunikeza ukuvuselelwa kohambo lukaMagellan ngoNovemba 1922, owokuqala ukuzungeza uMhlaba. Ithathe izinsuku eziyi-130, futhi yanikela ngohambo olunezitobhi ezingama-22 ngasentshonalanga, kuqala ngeCaribbean nasePanama Canal, yabe isidlula ePacific, yama eFar East, yabuyela eNew York inqamula iMedithera ne-Atlantic ngemuva unqamula iSuez Canal.
ILaconia, okwakungumkhumbi ohamba kancane ngaleso sikhathi, yayicishe ilingane neNdlovukazi uVictoria neNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth yamanje, futhi abagibeli abangama-400 bahamba ngayo, okwakungukuthi, empeleni, umthamo wamakamelo abo okuqala. Wenza imikhumbi emithathu emhlabeni wonke ngo-1923, 1924 nango-1926.