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Phileas Fogg

London, United Kingdomphileasfogg.wroteabout.comWriting since 1873

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Member of the Reform Club. I went round the world in eighty days for a wager. A test profile based on Jules Verne's novel (1872).

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  1. GBAround the world in eighty days·Oct 1872

    Eleven days on the Mongolia

    Brindisi to Bombay in a good ship: a visa at Suez, a stranger asking questions, the Red Sea, Aden, whist, and two days in hand.

    Culture & history5 min read
  2. GBAround the world in eighty days·Oct 1872

    The wager

    A newspaper, a rubber of whist and a sentence I need not have said. How twenty thousand pounds came to be riding on eighty days.

    Culture & history7 min read

Where I’ve been

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Cities
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6% of the world
81
Days away
38K
Km travelled
  • China
  • Egypt
  • France
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Yemen

Trips

  • GBAround the world in eighty daysOct 1872 · 19 stories · 81 days
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Where

  • Europe7
  • Asia6
  • North America6
  • Not on a trip2