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Until the mid-20th century London was one of the world's largest ports. Trade with other nations and the Empire brought fabulous wealth, intoxicating power and new medicines, but ships also returned with less welcome discoveries such as cholera and typhoid. Walk in the footsteps of naval surgeons, merchants, tars and astronomers, as you trace the relationship between medicine and the powerful British impulse to trade and conquer.

With Ross MacFarlane, archivist, Wellcome Library.

Please note that this circular walk starts and ends at Cutty Sark tube station.

This is an adapted version of a walk published in 'Medical London: City of diseases, city of cures'. For more on the book, visit the Medical London website.

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