The Route Around the World

Around the World in Eighty Days

This flow follows the changing route and transport choices that carry Fogg’s party from London through Asia and America back to England.

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Across the Channel Across the Channel from "Around the World in Eighty Days". Across the Channel The first links Fogg and Passepartout travel by rail through Paris and Turin to Brindisi.

Across the Channel from "Around the World in Eighty Days". Across the Channel The first links Fogg and Passepartout travel by rail through Paris and Turin to Brindisi.

Across the Channel The first links Fogg and Passepartout travel by rail through Paris and Turin to Brindisi. The carefully chained departures put Fogg’s abstract route into practice. A recorded journey Fogg notes arrivals and departures in his itinerary. The record lets him compare actual progress with the schedule rather than relying on impressions.

The Eastern Passage The Eastern Passage from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The Eastern Passage Steam across the Red Sea The Mongolia carries Fogg from Suez through the Red Sea and on to Bombay.

The Eastern Passage from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The Eastern Passage Steam across the Red Sea The Mongolia carries Fogg from Suez through the Red Sea and on to Bombay.

The Eastern Passage Steam across the Red Sea The Mongolia carries Fogg from Suez through the Red Sea and on to Bombay. Its early arrival gives him two days of valuable margin. Rail and interruption The Great Indian Peninsula Railway carries the party into India, but the unfinished section forces an elephant crossing. The route becomes a mixture of modern infrastructure and improvised transport.

The China Sea Detour The China Sea Detour from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The China Sea Detour Eastward by steamer From Calcutta, the Rangoon takes Fogg, Aouda, and Fix toward Hong Kong.

The China Sea Detour from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The China Sea Detour Eastward by steamer From Calcutta, the Rangoon takes Fogg, Aouda, and Fix toward Hong Kong.

The China Sea Detour Eastward by steamer From Calcutta, the Rangoon takes Fogg, Aouda, and Fix toward Hong Kong. Weather slows the vessel and puts the scheduled connection at risk. A private craft to Shanghai After the Carnatic leaves early, Fogg charters the Tankadere and sails through a typhoon toward Shanghai. The risky detour brings him to the General Grant and restores the journey’s forward momentum.

Across the Pacific Across the Pacific from "Around the World in Eighty Days". Across the Pacific A reunited party Fogg finds Passepartout in Yokohama and boards the General Grant for San Francisco.

Across the Pacific from "Around the World in Eighty Days". Across the Pacific A reunited party Fogg finds Passepartout in Yokohama and boards the General Grant for San Francisco.

Across the Pacific A reunited party Fogg finds Passepartout in Yokohama and boards the General Grant for San Francisco. The reunion restores the original traveling party after the Hong Kong separation. A long ocean crossing The Pacific passage is comparatively calm, allowing Fogg to regain confidence in the remaining schedule. The journey has crossed much of the globe, but the American rail crossing still lies ahead.

The Return to London The Return to London from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The Return to London Rail across America The party crosses the United States by rail, then uses a sail sledge to recover time after the Sioux attack.

The Return to London from "Around the World in Eighty Days". The Return to London Rail across America The party crosses the United States by rail, then uses a sail sledge to recover time after the Sioux attack.

The Return to London Rail across America The party crosses the United States by rail, then uses a sail sledge to recover time after the Sioux attack. In New York, a missed steamer forces Fogg to find a different Atlantic passage. The final approach The Henrietta reaches Ireland, where Fogg switches to the mail route through Dublin and Liverpool. Arrest briefly interrupts the last leg, but he eventually reaches London in time for the true deadline.

2–5 October 1872

9–20 October

25 October–14 November

14 November–3 December

3–21 December