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Voyage Begins From New Orleans To Cape of Good Hope
The journal notes a December departure from New Orleans with passengers on deck at night as lights fade. The ship sails through the Straits of Florida into the Atlantic, planning to round Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and head toward the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, with a possible call at Capetown for supplies. The writer recalls a San Antonio visit with Harper MacFarlane, discussing school days and a tour of two missions that helped found the settlement.
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New Orleans
Atlantic
Straits of Florida
Cape of Good Hope
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Capetown
Houston
San Antonio
Harper MacFarlane
Ontario
Harper