New York to Buenos Aires

How long did it take to travel from New York to Buenos Aires in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 25 days door to door, $857 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
New York
Sailing
Thursday 12 March 1925
Steamer
S.S. Hudson · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
Calls
Cherbourg, Southampton, Rio de Janeiro
via
Lisbon
Arrival
Buenos Aires, Monday 6 April 1925
Door to door
25 days
Fare · First Class
$857
Fare · Second Class
$548
Fare · Third Class
$264

Transfer at Southampton to the Thames & Plate

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The journey in 1933

Embarkation
New York
Sailing
Thursday 14 September 1933
Steamer
S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
Calls
Cherbourg, Southampton, Rio de Janeiro
via
Lisbon
Arrival
Buenos Aires, Sunday 8 October 1933
Door to door
24 days
Fare · First Class
$753
Fare · Second Class
$481
Fare · Third Class
$232

Transfer at Southampton to the Thames & Plate

Print this ticket

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