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  1. Oct 2018
  2. allred720fa18.commons.gc.cuny.edu allred720fa18.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    1. “It is now a hundred and ninety days,” began the Spaniard, in his husky whisper, “that this ship, well officered and well manned, with several cabin passengers–some fifty Spaniards in all–sailed from Buenos Ayres bound to Lima,

      The "Golden Round" - how ships circumnavigated the continents, or the globe, prior to construction of the Panama and Suez canals.

      See this animation by Ben Schmidt of 19th-century shipping routes from 1800-1860, based on ship's logs and extant records.