RIGHT! Four weeks through the isthmus of Panama is the quickest way to Victoria.

You book passage on a iron-hulled barque named "La Plata", and leave for South Hampton to departure. On April 17th, 1862 you set sail for North America, but along the way your first stop will be the island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean sea.

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