Introduction

In December 1997, the Pride of Baltimore II, a replica of the 1812-era topsail schooner Chasseur, will embark on a year long sailing odyssey of friendship and exploration to Asian ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; Keelung, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan.

Pride of Baltimore II will leave the port of Baltimore in December, and sail east to Puerto Rico through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Rim. You can follow this voyage through the Internet.

In this activity you will use the map of Pride II's voyage, the itinerary and some World Wide Web sites to select a school and to investigate what it would be like to go to school there.

Think of this activity as a further extension of Pride II's mission as a ship of goodwill. You can be the ambassadors of friendship and exploration!

To read about Pride II's mission click on the underlined text below.

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• Pride II's mission

How to Become an Ambassador of Friendship:

Do you know what the word ambassador means? Have you ever heard someone called an ambassador? The word ambassador describes a person who is an authorized messenger sent by one nation or state to another to reside or act on a temporary mission.

The clipper ship Pride of Baltimore II has been called an ambassador. How can a clipper ship be an ambassador? In this activity, you will learn a little bit more about the places that Pride of Baltimore II is going to visit and the people the crew will meet on their journey.

You can be part of this trip by learning about a school in a port city that Pride II will visit, and sending them some messages of friendship and goodwill before the ship arrives!

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