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
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
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