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The following table demonstrates the quickening pace of maritime transport during the nineteenth century as the result of the introduction of steam power. The numbers represent days of travel.
To London from | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 |
Gibraltar | 18 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
New York | 26 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
Istanbul | 30 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 10 |
Quebec | 35 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
Cape Town | 69 | 66 | 66 | 39 | 35 |
Buenos Aires | 76 | 74 | 72 | 40 | 33 |
Bombay | 129 | 47 | 30 | 27 | 23 |
Sydney | 142 | 137 | 109 | 54 | 54 |
Singapore | 176 | 115 | unknown | 52 | 36 |
Source: Yrjo Kaukianen, "The Improvement of Communication in International Freight Markets," in Information, Media and Power Through the Ages, edited by Hiram Morgan (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2001), p. 141.
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