Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Series of West American Histories: The Book of the Fair; The Book of Wealth
A dozen lines Of steamships, or thereabout, now cross the Pacific between America and Asia, Where for two and a half centuries a single galleon made its slow and clumsy way forth and back from Acapulco to Manila once a year. Ships com prising scores of lines ply along shore, unite the islands and mainland, or sail direct for foreign ports. Thus Hawaii and California are linked; Australia with Asia and America and all the larger islands; North America with South America, Africa, and Europe; Japan and China with Southern Asia, the Philippines, Australia, India, and Europe; Alaska and Pacific ports, Mexico and Pacific ports, Central and South America, while the shores, islands, and rivers Of Asia swarm with foreign vessels where half a century ago a timid com merce found for the most part sealed ports.
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