Around The World With Nellie Bly
Inspired by the Jules Verne novel, it only takes Elizabeth Cochran 72 days to circle the globe and make history!!
January 25, 1890
New York World reporter Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, known by her pen name Nellie Bly, arrives back in New York City after completing a 24,899 mile trip around the world in only 72 days. Her trip was inspired by the popular Jules Verne novel Around the Worl…
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