Pirojshah Pestonji Meherhomji who went on a voyage to America in 1862 and met President Abraham Lincoln published an interesting account of his 72-day voyage in the form of a 122-page hardbound book in Gujarati titled America ni Musafari in 1864. Printed by Daftar Ashkara Press, Bombay, it can be found in libraries.
As related in volumes of Parsee Prakash in Gujarati, Meherhomji was among the four Parsis who set sail on a voyage to England on the steamer Ganga on May 9, 1858, the others being Mancherji Hormusji Cama, partner of the Cama firm, and his assistants in the......