Westward to the far east
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subject: C.P.R. steamships
subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
subject: Travel
subject: Tourism
subject: Steamboats
subject: Ocean travel
is part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
creator: Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah
creator: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
issued: 2018-11-29
created: 1905
description: Pamphlet with tourist information on Japan and China. Includes Japanese words and phrases with translations. Eleventh edition. Two copies.
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note: A <y3 yy^c^i^^r <nj- jc,naC |WE STWARD TO THE FAR EAST BY ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE ELEVENTH EDITION ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY 1905 P R E F A C E "Westward to the Far East" is intended to supply general information in a concise form to those who may be desirous of visiting Japan and China, as well as to serve as a guide to those visiting these portions of the Orient by the Canadian Pacific Route. It tells the possible traveller what there is to be seen and the actual traveller how to see it, and it should be interesting to the one and useful to the other, so that while being a trustworthy guide to those travelling in the countries described, it will teach others much about China and Japan which cannot fail to interest them. Those who have made up their minds to take this enjoyable trip will, of course, require information — -which being subject to change is not found in the guide-book — concerning sailings of steamships, baggage allowances, tickets, connections, etc., for which application should be made to one or other of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's agents. And such intending travellers will probably like to have the companion volume, "The New Highway to the Orient," a handsomely illustrated pamphlet, which tells with greater detail of the journey across the continent, and which the agents of the company will furnish with pleasure to anyone desirous of reading it. ROBERT KERR, Passenger Traffic Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway. FUJIYAMA s-^&» Westward to the Far East i. " Pass not unmarked the island in that sea, Where Nature claims the most celebrity, Half hidden, stretching in a lengthened line, In front of China, which its guide shall be, Japan abounds in mines of silver fine And shall enlighten'd be by holy faith divine." —Camoens, The Lusiad. When Columbus set sail he expected to find not only a shorter route to the Indies, but also the great Zipangu, of whose palace walls of solid gold Marco Polo had heard at the Peking court of …
has type: Ephemera
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0374417
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
current location: Box 224
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-224-21
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