Around the World in 42 Days
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Tue, 2008-09-23 09:22.
The always-entertaining Strange Maps posted a spiffy entry about a 2005 map that shows how to duplicate Phileas Fogg’s Around the World feat in only 42 days. Jules Verne would be thrilled, I bet.
It’s still possible to travel around the world without airborne transportation, of course. And here also the travel times have greatly diminished since Phileas Fogg’s era. This map is a proposal for a round the world trip, only travelling by boat and train (as Fogg did), starting at and ending in New York. The trip would only take 42 days.
See “309 - Around the World at Twice the Speed of Fogg”.
Also, a belated happy birthday to HG Wells, who turned 142 on Sunday.