Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days  (1890)  by Nellie Bly

Chapter I: A Proposal to Girdle the Earth→

related portals: Travelogues. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category. This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name "Nellie Bly"), reported her travels back to avid readers in America. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format.

• Chapter I: A Proposal to Girdle the Earth
• Chapter II: The Start
• Chapter III: Southampton to Jules Verne's
• Chapter IV: Jules Verne at Home
• Chapter V: On to Brindisi
• Chapter VI: An American Heiress
• Chapter VII: "Two Beautiful Black Eyes"
• Chapter VIII: Aden to Colombo
• Chapter IX: Delayed Five Days
• Chapter X: In the Pirate Seas
• Chapter XI: Against the Monsoon
• Chapter XII: British China
• Chapter XIII: Christmas in Canton
• Chapter XIV: To the land of the Mikado
• Chapter XV: One hundred and twenty hours in Japan
• Chapter XVI: Across the Pacific
• Chapter XVII: Across the Continent
• Chapter XVIII: The Record
• L'Envoi

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