Re:Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
by mc32 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:32PM
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Good on her.
What I find interesting is that while J Verne's 80 days was inspired by the calculations of a news article, she was able to accomplish it in 72 and as the years went on the duration was whittled successively shorter attesting to the rapid progress and investment the world was making in transport.
What I find interesting is that while J Verne's 80 days was inspired by the calculations of a news article, she was able to accomplish it in 72 and as the years went on the duration was whittled successively shorter attesting to the rapid progress and investment the world was making in transport.