Umi No Cradle

from antisense scanslations: set sail in this shipboard drama set in the age of exploration from amazing mangaka nagano mei. the time is the industrial revolution, the location england. monica, a young girl living in the slums, was making a good living as the nursemaid of evan, a young child of a wealthy household. but when her master's ship goes missing, she's cut loose. a year later, while visiting his coffin, she happens to see evan, the child she once took care of. she decides to abduct him and take him away with her on a ship.