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Mighty Minnesota Ship Sails Pacific on Grand Voyage
A passenger journal records the steamship Minnesota of the Great Northern lines as the Pacific’s longest vessel. The 630 foot, 28 000 ton liner carries 22 000 tons of cargo and sails from Seattle across a storied voyage toward Yokohama and Tokyo, with notes on passengers, storms, and sights along the way. The writer bids farewell to America and notes daily events, meals, sermons, trials aboard, and the eventual approach to Japan.
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Minnesota
Great Northern Steam Ship Company
Pacific Waters
Texas
America
Bishop Bashford
Japan
Yokohama