Nov
11th
Tue
11th
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. Here’s the itinerary:
New York - Chicago (train)
Chicago - Seattle (train)
Seattle - Vancouver (bus - granted, there were no buses either in Fogg’s time)
Vancouver - Anchorage - Tokyo (boat)
Tokyo - Osaka (train)
Osaka - Shanghai (boat)
Shanghai - Beijing (train)
Beijing - Moscow (train)
Moscow - Brussels (train)
Brussels - London (train)
London - New York (boat)
The longest leg of the trip would be the freighter line from Vancouver to Tokyo via Anchorage (13 days), the most expensive one would be the London to New York boat tyrip on board the Queen Mary 2 ($2,449).
In total, the trip would cost $5,312 (which converts to about £2,900 in today’s money).
New York - Chicago (train)
Chicago - Seattle (train)
Seattle - Vancouver (bus - granted, there were no buses either in Fogg’s time)
Vancouver - Anchorage - Tokyo (boat)
Tokyo - Osaka (train)
Osaka - Shanghai (boat)
Shanghai - Beijing (train)
Beijing - Moscow (train)
Moscow - Brussels (train)
Brussels - London (train)
London - New York (boat)
The longest leg of the trip would be the freighter line from Vancouver to Tokyo via Anchorage (13 days), the most expensive one would be the London to New York boat tyrip on board the Queen Mary 2 ($2,449).
In total, the trip would cost $5,312 (which converts to about £2,900 in today’s money).
