Amsterdam to Batavia
How long did it take to travel from Amsterdam to Batavia in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 27 days door to door, ƒ 1331 in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Embarkation
- Amsterdam
- Sailing
- Wednesday 18 March 1925
- Steamer
- M.S. Prins Maurits · Oranje-Indië Line · Amsterdam – Southampton – Genoa – Port Said – Colombo – Batavia
- Calls
- Southampton, Genoa, Port Said, Colombo
- via
- Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and Aden, Sabang
- the Suez Canal transit
- the Suez Canal transit, about 24 h
- Arrival
- Batavia, Tuesday 14 April 1925
- Door to door
- 27 days
- Fare · First Class
- ƒ 1331
- Fare · Second Class
- ƒ 865
- Fare · Third Class
- ƒ 426
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- Amsterdam
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Reiger · Oranje Air · Amsterdam – Marseilles – Naples – Alexandria – Baghdad – Karachi – Calcutta – Rangoon – Singapore – Batavia
- Calls
- Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore
- Night stops
- Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore
- via
- Athens, Gaza, Basra and Jask, Jodhpur and Allahabad, Bangkok, Medan
- Arrival
- Batavia, Friday 22 September 1933
- Door to door
- 8 days
- Fare · Single class
- ƒ 1826
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