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Around The World Days In 80 Days

Around the world in 80 days is a fantastic book by Jules Verne it can said to be a motivation or a prediction that some day we will be able to go around the world in just 80 days or less. Basically their is a description of  a rich man who is mysteriously rich. He is man of honor who is very punctual on his daily works, he only has a servant on which he rely completely.  He makes up a bet on travelling around the world in 80 days. On the basis of entertainment and innovation this book is a classic. All the time you keep wandering wandering what happens next. Although it is not some kind of mystery but it feels like so, the most wonderful part was when Mr Fog reached India

    

Following Towle and d'Anver's 1873 English translation, many people have tried to follow in the footsteps of Fogg's fictional circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints:

• 1889 – Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World. She managed to do the journey within 72 days, meeting Verne in Amiens. Her book Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, became a best seller.
• 1903 – James Willis Sayre, a Seattle theatre critic and arts promoter, set the world record for circling the earth using public transport, 54 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes.
• 1908 – Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask.
• 1984 - Nicholas Coleridge emulated Fogg's trip and wrote a book entitled Around the World in 78 Days.
• 1988 – Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, called Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days. He completed the journey in 79 days and 7 hours.
• 1993–present – The Jules Verne Trophy is held by the boat that sails around the world without stopping and with no outside assistance, in the shortest time.
• 2009 - in Around the World in 80 Days 12 celebrities performed a relay version of the journey for the BBC Children In Need charity appeal. This featured a carpet bag.