PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS Related to the History of English Studies in Japan
1992 Volume 1993 Issue 25 Pages 87-101
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1992 Volume 1993 Issue 25 Pages 87-101
Steamship lines between San Francisco and Yokohama were opened in 1867 by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the Colorado being the first steamer that arrived in Yokohama.
The steamers on this line were the Colorado, the Great Republic, the America, the Japan, and the China. They were wooden paddle steamers, among which the America was destroyed by the fire on Aug. 24, 1872 at Yokohama.
Later, the City of Tokio and the City of Peking, iron ships with propellers, were added to the line up.
A large number of passengers Japanese as well as foreign crossed the Pacific. Those who went over to America and Europe using this line for the purpose of studying abroad contributed to the civilization of a new Japan.
We can find the list of passengers in the columns of English newspapers But their names are often misspelt by the editors of the paper. So it is sometimes puzzling who the names refer to.
