books.google.co.uk - Do you know how long it took to sail across the Atlantic Ocean? Was it faster from east to west or west to east? Imagine sailing to India, a five-month trip around the Cape of Good Hope! No wonder late Victorians valued the steamship and the Suez Canal. What difference did the inventions of the telephone...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Time_Traveller_s_Handbook.html?id=x6djhFTO9owC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTime Traveller's Handbook