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A rare 1909 Clark's Around-the-World cruise booklet and separate deck plan for the ARABIC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn those pre-Panama Canal days, travel agencies booked back-to-back world cruises with the first departing New York and sailing eastward until ending in San Francisco. Then the ship reversed course and sailed the globe westward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARABIC departed the Big Apple on October 16, 1909, and sailed east through the Mediterranean and Suez Canal, poked around India and the Far East, touched on Hawaii, and finally arrived in San Francisco on January 31, 1910. Waiting trains whisked weary travellers back across the continent. On February 5th the ARABIC headed off the other way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe liner, of course, is lauded as \"being a uniform level of excellence than can scarcely be surpassed.\" Photos show the Dining Room, Smoking Room, Library, and Promenade Deck. The cruise booklet runs seventy-pages with lots of destination info.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe separate deck plan unfolds to 26\" by 45\". Five decks are shown with rates listed down one side. There were four \"Cabines de Luxe\" that included three rooms and a private bath. For everyone else, a hike down the hall was warranted. Those snazzy \"cabines\" cost $6,200 for two, or $217,000 in today's currency. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, the ARABIC was a victim of WW1. On August 19, 1915, a German U-boat attacked without warning when the ship was off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Within fifteen minutes the ARABIC was gone, taking with her the lives of forty-four people. Three-hundred and ninety were rescued. The LUSITANIA had been sunk in the same spot just three months earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ARABIC was reputed to be carrying diamonds, and that has attracted treasure hunters ever since. A series of dives in the late 1990s\/early 2000s turned up wonderful relics such china, but no treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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White Star Line - A rare 1909 Clark's Around-the-World cruise booklet and separate deck plan for the ARABIC.

In those pre-Panama Canal days, travel agencies booked back-to-back world cruises with the first departing New York and sailing eastward until ending in San Francisco. Then the ship reversed course and sailed the globe westward.

ARABIC departed the Big Apple on October 16, 1909, and sailed east through the Mediterranean and Suez Canal, poked around India and the Far East, touched on Hawaii, and finally arrived in San Francisco on January 31, 1910. Waiting trains whisked weary travellers back across the continent. On February 5th the ARABIC headed off the other way.

The liner, of course, is lauded as "being a uniform level of excellence than can scarcely be surpassed." Photos show the Dining Room, Smoking Room, Library, and Promenade Deck. The cruise booklet runs seventy-pages with lots of destination info.

The separate deck plan unfolds to 26" by 45". Five decks are shown with rates listed down one side. There were four "Cabines de Luxe" that included three rooms and a private bath. For everyone else, a hike down the hall was warranted. Those snazzy "cabines" cost $6,200 for two, or $217,000 in today's currency.

Sadly, the ARABIC was a victim of WW1. On August 19, 1915, a German U-boat attacked without warning when the ship was off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Within fifteen minutes the ARABIC was gone, taking with her the lives of forty-four people. Three-hundred and ninety were rescued. The LUSITANIA had been sunk in the same spot just three months earlier.

The ARABIC was reputed to be carrying diamonds, and that has attracted treasure hunters ever since. A series of dives in the late 1990s/early 2000s turned up wonderful relics such china, but no treasure.

Good condition.