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I also read that Verne’s inspiration may have been an article in Le Tour du Monde about the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, which gave the following itinerary to circumnavigate the globe.
Paris to Port Said, railway and steamer............6 days
Port Said to Bombay, steamer ......................14 days
Bombay to Calcutta, railway .......................3 days
Calcutta to Hong Kong, steamer ....................12 days
Hong Kong to Edo, steamer .........................6 days
Edo to Sandwich Islands, steamer ..................14 days
Sandwich Islands to San Francisco, steamer.........7 days
San Francisco to New York, railway.................7 days
New York to Paris, steamer.........................11 days
Total ............................................ 80 days
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