Matthew Goodman is the author of the book Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World. This book was released on the 26th of February and was published by Ballantine Books. Matthew Goodman’s book covers the race around the world between two women journalists of the period and their adventures as …
Tag: travel
Travel Posters for Japanese Steamship Companies
From the book Miwaku no Funatabi, published by the Museum of Maritime Science, 1993. View more travel posters at Pink Tentacle.
Edwardian Transportation: The Tube
Four words sum up transportation in Edwardian England: Tube, train, tram, and car (which, incidentally, is the title of a 1903 book on the subject). Of the four, the tube was the most thrilling and least controversial advancement in technology. The Tube, or London Underground, had its roots in the 1840s, when it became the …