The race around the world

A reporter set out to beat the 80-day record from a famous novel, and papers everywhere tracked every stop. Follow her trail from the clues they printed.

Stop 1 of 13Leaving New York, Nov. 14

Clue · Dispatch from New Yorkreal page

Nellie Bly Starts Out on a Wondrous Flying Trip Around the Globe.

Thirty Thousand Miles Through Many Countries and Back to New York.

To Surpass Jules Verne's Dream of Rapid Transit Round the Earth.

"The World's" Woman Writer Embarks on the Augusta Victoria.

It's Her Own Adventure and She Is Pluc — From The Evening World · Nov 14, 1889 · p. 1. See the full page

Miss Bly sails away from New York this morning aboard the Augusta Victoria to start her round-the-world trip.

Where does the next dispatch come from?

A wrong port costs 3 days.

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Sails From New YorkThe Evening World · Nov 14, 1889

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