A new world cruise : Empress of Britain
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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
creator: Gowlland, Gladys M.
issued: 2018-10-12
created: 1938
description: Booklet promoting the 1939 Empress of Britain world cruise. Two copies. Includes two inserts: Dressing for the Great Adventure and Shopping in Far Places.
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note: , Jf * * * *■ / 5 - A New WORLD CRUISE A WORLD CRUISE is the supreme travel experience. 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 round the Seven Seas is 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 1939 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, Africa and South America, 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 cruise travel history. The choice of a ship for such a 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. There is size to consider, and up-to-dateness, and food and service. One must carefully consider the question of roominess and comfort in one's living quarters, the reputation of the company owning and operating the cruise, the size and seaworthiness of the vessel, the facilities for sport and the all-important facilities for complete rest and relaxation. For more than two months you will actually be at sea; and during all this time you will regard your ship as your home, expecting the same comfort and quiet that you would find in your home, but demanding also those additional comforts and luxuries which only the finest of homes can offer. Consider then, the Empress of Britain. She was built for the Canadian Pacific, the world's…
has type: Advertisements
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372719
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
current location: Box 222
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-222-1-11
type: Text