Empress of Britain world cruise 1932-1933
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subject: C.P.R. steamships
subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
subject: Travel
subject: Tourism
subject: Steamboats
subject: Ocean liners
subject: Voyages around the world
is part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
creator: Canadian Pacific Steamships
issued: 2018-09-27
created: 1932
description: Pamphlet advertising the 1932-1933 world cruise on the Empress of Britain.
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0372219/source.json
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note: - \ Empress oFBritain World Cruise 1932-1933 "Rent a Round the World Apartment this Winter" Tenth Annual Canadian "Pacific World'}s Greatest Travel System j iiiin A^M^AAi'SM. : 1MB i ;>, :1 :S5& ill! w 4,#-'K!f ,-,/ ,<••". V(.'»-j- -»- - ;>jl , f'l i MMtii ;'v;?;5?s^^S: Ihes c/-^f ( ruise IF the success of a World Cruise depends on the ship—and it certainly does—then the success of our cruise around the world on the Empress of Britain—Queen of the Seas—is a foregone conclusion! The final word in luxurious magnificence! From stem to stern... from keel to masthead... perfect in every last detail. The cruise ship ideal. No matter how much we have travelled, on what ship, or where—this is different... the perfection that is the outcome of Canadian Pacific demand for super-excellence. At every port our ship creates a furore of interest. The finest vessel ever to make a world cruise . . . Our arrival is the event of the year! Of course, wed find an open-hearted welcome anyway, but to arrive on the Empress of Britain! ... flagship of the Canadian Pacific!!... No matter how outlying the place may be, "Canadian Pacific" is the password... the Open Sesame. Everywhere the service is superior ... the courtesy more pronounced ... and if there is anything better than the best... it is ours... for are we not the honoured guests of the World's Greatest Travel System . . . cruising on the world's most palatial cruise ship! The Taj Mahal Written by Gladys M. Gowlland Ma, First Class Apartment No. 149 'THER ships of similar sise carry three, four and five thousand passengers, when in the trans-Atlantic service. The Empress of Britain accommodates only 1182 passengers, while the accommodation on the World Cruise is strictly limited to about one-third that number. No cramping anywhere on this splendid vessel—758 feet in length, a breadth of 97.5 feet, ten decks, 42,500 tons gross register, and displacement tonnage of 63,750 . . . an average speed of 24 knots . . . single reduction gear …
has type: Itineraries
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372219
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
current location: Box 220
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-220-9-27
type: Text