Emily P. Cape journal 1926 –1927 Cape, Emily P.

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Emily P. Cape journal 1926 –1927 Cape, Emily P.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3419.5cap?rgn=main;view=text

The Cape journal documents a round the world trip undertaken by Emily P. Cape, a wealthy New Yorker traveling aboard the in the golden days of passenger ship travel. S.S. Belgenland

278 pages

eng,

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392034

William L. Clements Library

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Cape, Emily Palmer, 1865-1953

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In November, 1926, 60 year-old Emily Palmer (Mrs. Henry) Cape embarked upon a round the world cruise aboard the S.S. Belgenland, a ship of the Red Star Line. Departing from her native New York City on December 14, 1926, the cruise was scheduled to last 132 days, passing through the Panama Canal into the Pacific, and touching at Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu, before heading to Asia. The Belgenland offered a routine typical of luxury cruises of the 1920s, though...