http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0374481
data provider: CONTENTdm
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: 1893
description: Pamphlet with tourist information on Japan and China. Includes Japanese words and phrases with translations. Fourth edition.
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note: 7#9z py Elj^a Scj o/\ore /bo - WESTWARD TO THE FAR EAST A GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF CHINA AND JAPAN WITH A NOTE ON KOREA. ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE. FOURTH EDITION. issued by The Canadian Pacific Railway Company. 1893. FRKFACK. "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 those portions of the Orient by the Canadian Pacific Route. It is not an elaborately descriptive work, nor is it a mere bald statement of times, distances and measurements. It indicates the chief points of beauty and interest along the route and in Japan and China, dealing at sufficient length with each subject to satisfy the casual observer, and referring those who desire more detailed information to the several sources from which that may be obtained. It is intended to tell the possible traveler what there is to be seen and the actual traveler how to see it. It should be, if its author's good intention is fulfilled, interesting to the one and useful to the other. It is the result of personal observation and enquiry prompted by the desire to acquire the knowledge most useful to a tourist, and while being a trustworthy guide to those traveling in the countries referred to, will teach others a great deal about China and Japan which they cannot fail to be interested in knowing. 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 travelers will probably like to have the companion, " The New Highway to the Orient," a handsomely illustrated pamphlet, which tells of the journey across the continent, and which the agents of the company will furnis…

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