Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
After Around the World in Eighty Days, the journey of Jules Verne (1872)
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout's eastward journey around the world in 1872, following Jules Verne's novel. This place-only document includes principal stops and locations where major events occur; it contains no days, spots, routes, or images.
Stop 1
London — Reform Club, United Kingdom
Oct 2, 1872
Phileas Fogg accepts the £20,000 wager and leaves the Reform Club at 8:45 p.m., promising to return in eighty days.
Stop 2
Dover, United Kingdom
Oct 2, 1872
Stop 3
Calais, France
Oct 2, 1872
Stop 4
Paris, France
Oct 3, 1872
Reached at 7:20 a.m. after the rail journey from London and the Channel crossing; departed by train at 8:40 a.m.
Stop 5
Turin, Italy
Oct 4, 1872
Reached at 6:35 a.m. by way of the Mont Cenis railway and departed at 7:20 a.m.
Stop 6
Brindisi, Italy
Oct 5, 1872
Arrived at 4:00 p.m. and boarded the P&O steamship Mongolia one hour later.
Stop 7
Suez, Egypt
Oct 9, 1872
The Mongolia reached Suez at 11:00 a.m.; Fogg went ashore only to have his passport visaed.
Stop 8
Aden, Yemen
Oct 14, 1872
The Mongolia stopped to take on coal after passing through the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb.
Stop 9
Bombay (Mumbai), India
Oct 20, 1872
The Mongolia arrived at 4:30 p.m. Passepartout entered the Malabar Hill pagoda without removing his shoes, then caught the 8:00 p.m. train for Calcutta.
Stop 10
Kholby, India (fictional; approximate)
Oct 22, 1872
The unfinished railway stopped here. Fogg bought the elephant Kiouni for £2,000 and set out at 9:00 a.m. for Allahabad.
Stop 11
Pillaji, India (fictional; approximate)
Oct 24, 1872
Arrived by elephant. At dawn, Passepartout rescued Aouda from the funeral pyre by disguising himself as the dead rajah.
Stop 12
Allahabad (Prayagraj), India
Oct 24, 1872
Arrived by Kiouni at about 10:00 a.m. The railway resumed here, and Fogg gave the elephant to the Parsee guide.
Stop 13
Benares (Varanasi), India
Oct 24, 1872
The train stopped at 12:30 p.m., where Sir Francis Cromarty left the party.
Stop 14
Calcutta (Kolkata), India
Oct 25, 1872
Reached at 7:00 a.m. Fogg and Passepartout were tried for the Bombay pagoda incident, posted bail, and sailed at noon aboard the Rangoon.
Stop 15
Singapore
Oct 31, 1872
The Rangoon anchored at 4:00 a.m. to take on coal before continuing toward Hong Kong.
Stop 16
Hong Kong
Nov 6, 1872
The Rangoon arrived at 1:00 p.m. Fix drugged Passepartout, the Carnatic departed early, and Fogg hired the pilot boat Tankadere the next afternoon.
Stop 17
Off Shanghai, China
Nov 11, 1872
After weathering a typhoon in the Tankadere, Fogg signaled the departing General Grant and transferred at sea without landing in Shanghai.
Stop 18
Yokohama, Japan
Nov 14, 1872
Fogg and Aouda found Passepartout performing with Batulcar's acrobatic troupe and reunited in time to board the General Grant for San Francisco.
Stop 19
San Francisco, United States
Dec 3, 1872
The General Grant entered the Golden Gate in the morning. After a turbulent election meeting, the party boarded the transcontinental train that evening.
Stop 20
Elko, Nevada, United States
Dec 6, 1872
Elder William Hitch boarded here and delivered his Mormon history lecture as the train crossed Nevada and Utah.
Stop 21
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Dec 6, 1872
The railway skirted the Great Salt Lake while Passepartout listened to Elder Hitch's lecture aboard train No. 48.
Stop 22
Ogden, Utah, United States
Dec 6, 1872
A brief railway stop at 2:00 p.m. before the party continued east through the Rocky Mountains.
Stop 23
Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States
Dec 7, 1872
The train charged across the unsafe Medicine Bow bridge at full speed; the bridge collapsed immediately behind it.
Stop 24
Fort Kearney, Nebraska, United States
Dec 8, 1872
After the train attack, Fogg and soldiers rescued Passepartout and two other captives. The onward train had already gone.
Stop 25
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Dec 9, 1872
Arrived across the frozen prairie on Mudge's wind-powered land sledge, then immediately boarded an eastbound train.
Stop 26
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dec 10, 1872
Reached at 4:00 p.m.; Fogg changed trains at once for the final rail sprint to the Atlantic.
Stop 27
New York City, United States
Dec 11, 1872 – Dec 12, 1872
The train reached the Hudson at 11:15 p.m., forty-five minutes after the China sailed. The next morning Fogg chartered the Henrietta.
Stop 28
Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland
Dec 20, 1872
The Henrietta reached Queenstown after its wooden superstructure was burned for fuel. The novel initially calls this the 21st; the finale reveals the civil date was the 20th.
Stop 29
Dublin, Ireland
Dec 20, 1872
The party rode the waiting mail express from Queenstown and reached Dublin at dawn.
Stop 30
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Dec 20, 1872
Arrived from Dublin by fast packet at 11:40 a.m. on the civil date later revealed as Friday the 20th; Fix arrested Fogg on the quay, then released him.
Stop 31
London — Savile Row, United Kingdom
Dec 20, 1872 – Dec 21, 1872
Fogg returned home believing he had missed the deadline. The next evening Passepartout discovered they had gained a day by traveling eastward.
Stop 32
London — Reform Club, United Kingdom
Dec 21, 1872
Fogg raced by cab to Pall Mall and entered the Reform Club at 8:45 p.m., completing the journey in eighty days and winning the wager.