Round the world overland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Round the world overland
Travelling around the world has been a goal for many intrepid explorers ever since humans suspected that the world was round. Ancient Greek mathematicians calculated that the world was round (and despite common myth today, was believed round throughout the Middle Ages as well) and speculated on how to follow it all the way. The first persons generally acknowledged to have made this trip were the survivors ofFerdinand Magellan's crew. After three years under sail, one ship safely returned. With the widespread deployment of locomotives and steamships in the late 1800s, Jules Verne predicted a triparound the world in eighty daysto be feasible by land and sea. A pair of rivalNew York Cityjournalists made the trip in 1889 in 72 and 76 days respectively. These days, it is easy to buy a number of
Round the world overland Travel Guide Sections
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