This brochure advertises the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, founded in 1848. The SS America of that Company would pick up Chinese passengers in Singapore and bring them to San Francisco. This brochure advertises its around the world tours, bringing passengers from America through Honolulu, Japan, China and India. It emphasises that by having the steam ship positioned above the globe, with the route charted out in black. A Japanese geisha is represented on the bottom left hand corner of the brochure, gesturing invitingly at the globe.
