By the time he was 25 he was a Master of his own ship, his travels often taking him to the Baltic, where he could not have known he was forming relationships that would set the course of the company for generations to come.
An apprenticeship in the shipping trade was not difficult to find in this time before railways were used, so long as you were willing to suffer the sea sickness and dangerous conditions. John nearly died numerous times in his early career at sea – something which...
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