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Empress Voyage Chronicle From Pacific to Yokohama
A passenger aboard the Empress logs a stormy voyage across the Pacific detailing steerage conditions Chinese deaths and burials at sea compares sea burial practices with whites notes crossing the International Date Line and arrival in Yokohama with quarantine examinations jinrikisha travel and a lavish seventeen course lunch in port.
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