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    Karte von 1881, die die Zeit zeigt, die man braucht, um von London aus jeden Ort der Welt zu erreichen


    Karte von 1881, die die Zeit zeigt, die man braucht, um von London aus jeden Ort der Welt zu erreichen

    Von rdreisinger

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    1. Rip_Topper on

      “Isochronic Passage” – I expect to see that name popping up at the local weed store soon

    2. GraniteGeekNH on

      The blue and brown in South America and Africa seem wrong, maybe backwards – takes longer to get a bit inland in Brazil than to get into the deepest corner of the Amazon in 1881? I don’t think so.

    3. BigMuffinEnergy on

      Given the distances involved, the British colonization of Australia and New Zealand was quite remarkable. Comparatively, the US/Canada was a cakewalk.

    4. Frequent_Ad_5670 on

      Hm, does this mean you can’t make it around the world in 80 days?

    5. Joseph20102011 on

      Ironically, international border controls weren’t as strict as today where any white man can freely immigrate to the US.

    6. vanityprojection on

      Interesting that Vancouver Island was at the outer limit of the 20-day (yellow) journey at this point. I’m guessing this is rail from London to a British port (1 day), steamship to New York (8 days) rail to San Francisco (5 days) then steamer to Victoria (3 days). Allowing time for transfers, 20 days seems realistic

      A few years later, when the Canadian Pacific Railway was built, the map of Canada would probably be mostly yellow.

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