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Nellie Bly's 1889–1890 journey around the world was designed to beat the fictional record from which Jules Verne novel?
Answer
Around the World in Eighty Days
Bly's trip was a direct challenge to the 80-day fictional circumnavigation in Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' and she beat it by completing her journey in 72 days.
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Nellie Bly circled the globe in 72 days (1889–1890) by train and steamship, beating a fictional record from Jules Verne's novel.
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- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- The Mysterious Island
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- world-record
- 19th-century
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