How did people travel between London and Paris in the 1700s? ?

Question

I need it for a project I'm doing on the book, Tale of Two Cities. If you found this information on a website, please give that in your answer. I've been searching for a site with good information for a while! And remember, it has to be in the 1700s. If you don't know, please don't answer. Well anyways, thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Actually READ the retarded book. It tells you Mr. Lorry waited at Dover for the crossing.

Answer 2

By horse and carriage.  If you were rich, you'd have your own carriage, and would change horses along the way.  If you weren't rich, you could take the stage or mail to a port town, then take the packet across the channel to France.  From there, you'd carry on with horse and carriage.

"Once undertaken, the crossing from Dover to Calais could take anywhere from 3 to 12 hours depending on the wind and waves. A traveler might have to wait in dover for a week or more for the wind to be in a direction that favored crossing the English Channel. In 1772, Dr. Burney, the music historian, spent nine days waiting for good weather."

http://www.georgianindex.net/Gtour/Grand...

"Crossing the channel by sailing ship was at the mercy of tides and weather. Until the late 19th century, landing was often a problem - harbours on both sides were rather shallow and not well protected against storms.

Ships often had to wait offshore at Dover or Calais until the tide was high enough to enter the harbour - or else cross to the beach in a small rowing boat.

Travel to the coast was equally perilous. On an 18th century horse-drawn stagecoach, you could travel from Paris to Calais or Dover to London within a long, dusty day - highwaymen and the state of the roads permitting."

http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritag...

Hope that's of some help.  The Georgian Index is a good site.

Answer 3

By boat, then they could walk, or ride. England is an island and France is not an island. There is a body of water between them. If you do not believe me then go look at a map.

Answer 4

Horse carriage and boat

Answer 5

ah, by various kinds of boat.  

There were mail boats which were kind of fast.  sailing vessels of various ilk.   A few warships and LOT of innocent merchant ships going back and forth for all kinds of nebulous business no one wanted to talk about.  "Just bribe the bloody clerk and let us go.  Paris waits. What we cannot land, you boob! Find some place to land this vessel or I will horsewhip.;.I can't do that to captain can i.  Back to London.  Start the game again  And NO for the last time  I am not the Scarlet pimpernel, or the Pink Carnation Or Blue Belle of disastor Leave off cur.  no I am not taking my skirts up for you.   ....oh...ick...I did just mean to let him know i would not put up with his nonsense. Could you Please wipe the blood up and throw those two little bits over the side.  Oh i am sick.."