Travel diary, 1920, Mar. 1-July 20.

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Travel diary, 1920, Mar. 1-July 20.

Typed travel journal recording a world cruise on the SAPPHIRE. Among the passengers were the host and hostess, Viscount and Viscountess Furness, the Countess of Drogheda, Laurence Straker, W. Rankin, and Dr. Bulkeley Gavin. Stops were made in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco, Panama, and Bermuda. Entries include descriptions of sights and social visits at various stops as well as candid and insightful observations of people and political events. Includes detailed accounts of visit with the Viceroy and members of his council in Bombay, with the Sultan of Johore, and with Japanese industrialist Kojiro Matzu Kata. The volume also contains a photograph of Lady Wilson.

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Furness, Marmaduke Furness, Viscount, b. 1883.

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Wilson, Sarah, Lady, -1929

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Wife of Lt. Col. Gordon Chesney Wilson and one of the first women war correspondents. Aunt of Winston Churchill. From the description of Travel diary, 1920, Mar. 1-July 20. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635553 ...

Drogheda, Beatrice Minnie Ponsonby, Countess of.

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Gavin, Bulkeley.

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Straker, Laurence.

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Furness, Daisy Hogg Furness, Viscountess.

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