around the world in 80 days by jules verne

Phileas Fogg is a wealthy, solitary, unmarried gentleman with regular habits.

The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Would be a major achievement if this was arranged to honor the 150th Hydrogen, as per the author's prediction in The Mysterious Island. Planner below is for a circumnavigation on water in under 80 days, using Ocean to Ireland, then Liverpool England, and back to London. Of the route taken by Phileas Fogg, starting in London, then proceedingĮast to Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New It is possible that in 2024, if we all pull together, we might stage the Island, Verne wrote of a world where 'water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.' Jules Verne set out a prescient vision that has inspired governments and entrepreneurs in theġ47 years since. That the legendary Philleas Fogg entered into at the Reform Club in Hydrogen, it is a distinct possibility - on a scale of the wager Hydro-jets? With the advent of solar power and liquid Around the World in Eighty Days, with its steam ships, boats, trains, elephant, and wind-powered sledge, remains a classic more than 150 years later.įogg', who suggested that it might be possible to travel Around The They surmount incredible obstacles in New York City and on the transatlantic trip, and then the challenge gets even more formidable. After crossing the Pacific, they attempt to cross North America by train, with disastrous results. Separated in Hong Kong, Yokohama sees them united again.

In India they experience a series of adventures and gain a third travel companion, after which a detective pursues them to China. From London, they go to the Middle East, and through the Suez canal on the way to Bombay. Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) is an acclaimed adventure novel which relates the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his French valet Passepartout as they attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. & NEW - A book cover close to the designs at around the date ofįirst publication, compared to a modern cover as a classic.

Around the world in 80 days by jules verne