A History of the Passport - National Geographic
WEBMay 16, 2017 · In the early 20th century, married American women were literally a footnote in their husbands’ passports, reports Atlas Obscura. They were unable to cross a border alone, though married men were ...
Passport - Wikipedia
WEBPassports were an important part of the Chinese bureaucracy as early as the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD), if not in the Qin dynasty. ... Ordinary biometric passports were introduced by the Ministry of Public Security on 15 May 2012. As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports …
United States passport - Wikipedia
WEBEven when passports were not usually required, Americans requested U.S. passports. Records of the Department of State show that 130,360 passports were issued between 1810 and 1873 and that 369,844 passports were issued between 1877 and 1909. Some of those passports were family passports or group passports.
A Brief History of the United States passport - Indiana State Library
WEBOct 18, 2016 · The first United States passports were issued during the American Revolution. Early American passports were modeled after the French passports at the time and looked much like this example from 1873. This style was used from 1789 until 1900. This passport is slightly larger than 11 x 17 inches.
A brief history of the passport | Travel | The Guardian
WEBNov 17, 2006 · It was in the early 20th century that passports as we would recognise them today began to be used. The first modern British passport, the product of the British Nationality and Status Aliens...
Passport | Document, Travel & Security | Britannica
WEBMay 5, 2024 · Passports, letters of transit, and similar documents were used for centuries to allow individuals to travel safely in foreign lands, but the adoption of the passport by all countries is a development of the 19th and 20th centuries. A passport is a small booklet containing a description of the bearer and an accompanying photograph that can be ...
What year was the passport first used and why was it required? - HistoryNet
WEBApr 9, 2013 · The first recorded prototype of a passport dates to 450 BC, when Nehemiah, serving as an official to the Persian King Artaxerxes I, wished to visit his ancestral homeland of Judea, and the king issued him a letter “to the governors beyond the river,” asking that he be granted safe passage to travel and ultimately return to Persia.
When Were Passports First Introduced? | HistoryExtra
WEBSep 29, 2021 · Historian Rupert Matthews answers the question…. Published: September 29, 2021 at 10:30 AM. The first passports were medieval documents that allowed the holder to pass the 'porte', or gate, of a city without …
How the U.S. Passport Evolved from Status Symbol to Essential Travel ...
WEBMay 1, 2020 · When passports were first issued in the U.S. in the late 1700s, they looked almost nothing like the official booklets we carry today, and they were only given to a select few citizens.
The American Passport’s Historical Journey
WEBJun 11, 2019 · The first passports were actually just letters from leaders in one country requesting protection for their citizens traveling abroad. Further, the original passports weren’t always for individual use—sometimes letters were written to request protection for an entire ship of people.
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