lundi 22 décembre 2014

Around the World in Eighty Days


Around the World in Eighty Days. One of the stories of adventures that the Jules Verne authored and published in 1873. The story takes place around trying Villas English regiment rich and known his regime hard and the new servant Jean Passepartout, and he traveled around the world in 80 days in order to win a bet worth £ pounds, 20,000 pounds (equivalent to £ 1,324,289 now) between Phileas Fogg and five of his friends in the reform Club and the corresponding difficulties and obstacles during the trip until he returned again to London. At the end of the novel by Jules Verne demonstrates that novels and science fiction have to be rebuilt on a scientific and rational basis where Phileas Fogg escape from poverty because of the risk of going around the earth from east to west, and not vice versa.






The proposed schedule

London, United Kingdom to SuezEgyptrail and steamer across the Mediterranean Sea7 days
Suez to BombayIndiasteamer across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean13 days
Bombay to Calcutta, Indiarail3 days
Calcutta to VictoriaHong Kongsteamer across the South China Sea13 days
Hong Kong to YokohamaJapansteamer across the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean6 days
Yokohama to San FranciscoUnited Statessteamer across the Pacific Ocean22 days
San Francisco to New York City, United Statesrail7 days
New York to Londonsteamer across the Atlantic Ocean and rail9 days
Total80 days


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