ATLANTIC CROSSINGS
TO DAYS TO FOUR
LONDON, Sept. 1. Columbus, sailing in tile Santa Maria in. 1492. took 70 days;to cross the Atlantic. How the voyage .time has been reduced since then is shown in the follow-., ing table' ‘
The times jfiven above do not give.-in aeeurate indication of speed, since some „ of the voyages .were over greater, distances than others. - •• . • .
1 Date . Shin - Country Time 1620 Mayflower Britain 66 days - 1219 SaVafinah .t\S.A. 2? days ' 1iim Gt. Western Britain 15: days 1840 A Lid ia Britain lid 4h 184,0 .Aijia B rito in 8dl7h 1375 Oitv of B’lin Britain 7d 15h 189-1 I.ucania Britain 5d 81V ISC') Lusitania Britain 4d llh . 19Q3 Mauretania Britain 4d loll 1623 Dromon G’fnanv 4d 14 h 30:n. 1933 Box Italy 4d 13h 5Sni 1935 Xprmandie France 4d3h 1935 Queen Mary Britain 3d 23h 57ni
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 3
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141ATLANTIC CROSSINGS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 3
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