Round the world by the Empress of Britain from Monaco January 22 1938
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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 promoting the 1938 Empress of Britain world cruise.
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note: •Xffe, I?; ?i s us •as ; Sua? .^; Camel train passing through one of the ancient gates of Peiping ROUND THE WORLD from Monaco JANUARY 22 1938 Cthe route : With time- O N T E N T S table and map—see centre pages. the ship described Pages 3 to 15 included shore excursions Pages 49 and 50 fares and general information Pages 52 to 53 STOP-OVERS in certain countries Page 54 OPTIONAL SHORE EXCURSIONS— See Supplement Insetted. The description of the Empress of Britain is adapted from an article by Octavus Roy Cohen—and the description of the Ports of Call from one by Betty Thornley. ONE MANAGEMENT — SHIP AND SHORE **** fe £ H E World Cruise by Empress of Britain is the supreme travel experience—an Adventure in Living as well as an Adventure in Travel. In January 1938 this great majestic ship will leave Monaco on this voyage of thrill and adventure, comfort and pleasure. It will be headed for strange, exotic lands—it will rest in picturesque harbours. Turn the leaves of this book, and you will be given glimpses of the ship. For more than two months you will actually be at sea: and during all this time you will regard her as your home, expecting the same comfort and quiet, but demanding also those additional comforts and luxuries which only the finest of homes can offer. Turn more of the pages, and you will see where the ship will take you: through the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the South Seas, the Pacific, the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Dwell momentarily over the names of the ports of call. After Monaco, where you embark, come Naples, Athens, Haifa and Port Said; each are portals to the past, to the histories of Rome and Greece, of the Holy Land and Egypt. Then you touch India and Ceylon, Malaya, Siam, Java and Bali, and their magic enters into you. The Orient you see at the Philippines, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Peiping, and at several points in Japan. The voyage across the Pacific is broken at the beautiful Hawaiian islands, and then you see America, fir…
has type: Advertisements
has type: Itineraries
has type: Maps
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372709
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: England : Canadian Pacific Railway Company
current location: Box 221
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-221-7-12
type: Text