The ideal world cruise via the Mediterranean
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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: 2018-10-02
created: 1937
description: Booklet advertising the 1938 Empress of Britain world cruise. Enclosed is an insert called Shopping Around the World, a foldable postcard featuring the S. S. Cayuga, a blank reservation card for the Toronto Historical Board group tour, and another postcard depicting a house. Two copies of the booklet.
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note: I romfNew York January 8. 1038 *% Aj feU* 10\ to *l! fi • ■* * w "' ~"T"'. 1S1 teSa T .*<* ,p»M •*?^«V^a-i* ■sii -*»> / Mm \ it +(* aRY* N« V Xftg 1 m S? iSRJ* aGtf ^ *f ■ JW!****" ,¥k_*- Re €^€Mvm4££mj% M V L«< ^p The IDEAL WORLD CRUISE Via the MEDITERRANEAN *128 DAYS *It takes lour months to see the world ... amply, leisurely, luxuriously Empm$«Britaiii FROM NEW YORK JANUARY 8, 1938 30,000 MILES 108 PORTS AND PLACES 22 COUNTRIES ONE MANAGEMENT — SHIP AND SHORE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM Description of the Empress of Britain by Octavus Roy Cohen. Description of Ports of Call by Betty Thornley. Cover photographs in natural colors from a portion of a unique collection of dolls of the world kindly lent by Mrs. Macdonald Douglass, Washington, D.C. PRINTED IN CANADA, 1937 HE WORLD CRUISE is the supreme travel ex- perience. But today the discriminating public has been educated to demand comfort and luxury on its travels; it asks for the finest in ships and service so that the more- than-four-months' journey around the world shall be a vacation in the truest sense of the word. Canadian Pacific has answered this demand by the building of the Empress of Britain, the perfect ship for a long cruise. In January of 1938 this great, majestic ship will steam down New York harbor on the first leg of this voyage of thrill and adventure and comfort and pleasure. It is headed for strange, exotic ports which many of you have never seen; it will rest in picturesque harbors in Europe and the Orient, allowing adequate time at each port of call to absorb the charm of the countries visited. It will transport you to new delights, new experiences, new pleasures. And while doing so, the Empress of Britain will provide a degree of luxury which is without a peer in Round the World travel history. The choice of a ship for your World Cruise is not a matter to be considered casually. Your ship will be your home for more than four months. And ships are different, just as hotels are different. T…
has type: Advertisements
has type: Itineraries
has type: Maps
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372574
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
current location: Box 221
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-221-7-10
type: Text