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83Mobile culture Studies. The Journal 1 2015 Ursula feldkamp | Sea travel experiences from two travel diaries caroline does not report much about the social community on the ship. She was occupied with reflecting on a tough voyage with plenty of storms, seasickness and personal depression. Moreover the people on the “Batavia” always had to look out for capers because England was in war with france. Nowadays it appears striking that women had to bear such risks for reasons that seem to be so insignificant. But as caroline’s journal indicates, some merchant women got used to voyages between America and Europe, even during the turn of the 18th century. her companion’s home was Baltimore, and obviously she was on her way from Bremen back there. While caroline spent her time on the ship and in Baltimore longing and waiting for her return to Bremen, charlotte enjoyed the everyday life on board of the “Batavia”. She reflects on fond memories of her parents and of home, uttering no own comments on America but her joy to see her brothers again. In comparison to caroline, she appears optimistic and does not quarrel with a fate that lays in the hands of others. Reference Schreiber, Ludwig u. charlotte; feldkamp, Ursula. 1991. ‘Von „deutschen Indianern“, „hässlichen Negerschnuten“ und einem „fixen Aesculap“: Das Tagebuch der Geschwister Schreiber von 1852 an Bord des Auswandererseglers Goethe’, Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 14, 9-68. Author’s affiliation Dr. Ursula feldkamp, Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, hans-Scharoun-Platz 1, 27568 Bremerhaven feldkamp @ dsm.museum Extended Abstract of: Ursula feldkamp, ‘„Wie mächtige Gefühle meine Brust durchkreuzten, als wir das Schiff betraten (…)“. Seereiseerfahrungen in zwei Bordtagebüchern des 19. Jahrhunderts’, Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal 1, 2015. <http://unipub.uni-graz.at/mcsj>