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: 11 days door to door, $231 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
- New York → Miami (by rail, about 36 h, estimate); Callao → Lima (by rail, about 1 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Miami
- Sailing
- Saturday 14 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Mayapan · Gulf & Antilles · Miami – Havana
- Calls
- Havana, Colón (Cristóbal)
- via
- the Panama Canal
- the Panama Canal transit
- the Panama Canal transit, about 10 h
- Arrival
- Lima, Tuesday 24 March 1925
- Door to door
- 11 days
- Fare · First Class
- $231
- Fare · Second Class
- $143
- Fare · Third Class
- $67
Transfer at Havana to the Isthmian Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- New York → Miami (by rail, about 36 h, estimate); Callao → Lima (by rail, about 1 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Miami
- Sailing
- Monday 18 September 1933
- Steamer
- Havana · Pan-Pacific · Miami – Havana – Kingston – Colón (Cristóbal)
- Calls
- Havana, Kingston, Colón (Cristóbal)
- Night stops
- Kingston
- via
- the Panama Canal
- the Panama Canal transit
- the Panama Canal transit, about 10 h
- Arrival
- Lima, Tuesday 26 September 1933
- Door to door
- 9 days
- Fare · First Class
- $68
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $34
Transfer at Colón (Cristóbal) to the Isthmian Line
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