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Leaving New York on December 3 and returning on April 11, the 1932-33 world cruise was 129 days long, two days longer than in 1931-32. The first 20 pages of the booklet below re-introduces us to the new Empress of … Continue reading
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During the 1931 season, the Empress of Britain made nine round trips between Southampton and Quebec. For its last westbound trip of the season, however, it headed straight to New York, where it was prepared for its first world cruise. … Continue reading
The introduction of the second Empress of Britain was so momentous in Canadian Pacific ocean liner history that I’m using 1931, rather than 1930, to divide the ’20s from the ’30s in these posts documenting the empress fleet. The Britain, … Continue reading
South America-Africa was the last cruise added to Canadian Pacific’s offerings, first taking place in 1928. Although the cruise visited some famous sites, including the pyramids and Mount Vesuvius, these were also visited by the world and Mediterranean cruises. Otherwise, … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s Mediterranean cruises included excursions to many of the same locations as the first part of its world cruises, including Madeira, Gibralter, Algiers, Cairo, Jerusalem, Naples, and Monaco, but the Med cruises also went to Seville, Constantinople, Athens, and … Continue reading
Round the world cruises weren’t the only cruises offered by Canadian Pacific. Trans-Atlantic ocean liner traffic greatly declined in winter, so CP used its ships on cruises to the West Indies (more frequently called the Caribbean today), the Mediterranean, and … Continue reading
This menu advertising Canadian Pacific cruises was used at the Banff Springs Hotel on September 7, 1930, less than three months before the world cruise would depart New York City. The back of the menu also mentioned the 73-day Mediterranean … Continue reading
This would be the last world cruise taken by the Empress of Australia. Canadian Pacific’s magnificent new Empress of Britain had been launched in June, 1930, and would make its maiden voyage from Southhampton to Quebec just a few weeks … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s 1929-30 world on the Empress of Australia was 137 days, one day longer than the previous year’s, which had been the longest up to that year. The cruise left New York on December 2 and returned on April … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s 1928-29 world cruise was the longest to date, and it is especially long as described in this booklet, which was aimed at residents of Great Britain. For them, the cruise would be a trip around the world plus … Continue reading