Record of a voyage to the Orient in 1918, 1918.

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Record of a voyage to the Orient in 1918, 1918.

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Kinney's journal starts the day he leaves California and ends the day he gets back four months later. In it, he includes details about his work on board the ship, the daily inspections, the conditions on the ocean, the meals he has, and the various stops along the route including: Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Kinney gives detailed descriptions of Honolulu, Hawaii; Tokyo and Kobe, Japan; Shanghai, China; Manila, Philippines; and Hong Kong. The typed journal includes photocopies of pages from Kinney's original diary, photographs, maps, advertisements, menus, passenger lists, and various other things he collected during his voyage.

1 volume, 28 cm., 50 pages, typescript.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 8117016

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Kinney, Roland Thomas, 1900-1989.

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Roland Thomas Kinney was born in 1900 in Los Angeles, California. On June 23,1918, shortly after graduating from Los Angeles High School, Kinney left San Pedro, California for a trip to Asia with his brother Wendell. He worked as the Acting Assistant Storekeeper on the S.S. Ecuador for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company (his brother got the position of Quartermaster). He returned to California on September 11, 1918. From the description of Record of a voyage to the Orient in 1918, 19...

Pacific Mail Steamship Company

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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in 1848 to engage in the steamship business after receiving a contract from the U.S. government to provide mail service between Panama and the Oregon coast. The organizer and first president of the company was William H. Aspinwall. The company prospered, expanded its fleet, and began service to the Orient in 1867. By the mid-1880s they were sailing to 47 ports across the Pacific Ocean, including ports in Central America and Mexico. T...