New York to Lima
How long did it take to travel from New York to Lima in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 13 days door to door, $362 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
- Getting to the port
- Callao → Lima (by rail, about 1 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Wednesday 25 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Illimani · Isthmian Line · New York – Havana – Colón (Cristóbal) – Callao – Valparaíso
- Calls
- Havana, Colón (Cristóbal)
- via
- the Panama Canal
- the Panama Canal transit
- the Panama Canal transit, about 10 h
- Arrival
- Lima, Tuesday 7 April 1925
- Door to door
- 13 days
- Fare · First Class
- $362
- Fare · Second Class
- $232
- Fare · Third Class
- $106
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Callao → Lima (by rail, about 1 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Wednesday 27 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Illimani · Isthmian Line · New York – Havana – Colón (Cristóbal) – Callao – Valparaíso
- Calls
- Havana, Colón (Cristóbal)
- via
- the Panama Canal
- the Panama Canal transit
- the Panama Canal transit, about 10 h
- Arrival
- Lima, Tuesday 10 October 1933
- Door to door
- 13 days
- Fare · First Class
- $318
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $136
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