Monday, March 28, 2011

Places Traveled On Mr. Fogg's Journey Around The World!- Hong Kong and America

Another main checkpoint in Phileas Fogg's journey would be Hong Kong, an island right off the Chinese coast. It is across from the Portuguese owned island of Macau, and at the time it was under British control too. Being a major port city this was one of the stops made by Fogg, and the city has much history behind it. In present day it is under the control on China again, but there is still a foot-print left by the British. There are many influences, such as the culture and government systems. Something that you wouldn't think of would be the buses. There is actually something really cool about them. In England, buses are known to be double-decked, having two levels. No where else in the world really has these kinds of buses, but Hong Kong does. This shows what kinds of small influences British control has left on Hong Kong.
Also, if you have noticed Fogg travels through a lot of English territories and lands. This could be for convenience and purpose because he constantly buys supplies and is able to communicate to people there because they would speak English. Rather than visit a foreign land and getting tricked or lost. This also shows the Imperialism of Britian, owning many lands outside of its country.


As part of the final leg of his trip, Phileas traveled through the land of the free, none other than America. Landing on the "Golden Coast" of California, he traveled from coast to coast by rail. At this time, there were still many native Americans. They were infamous for attacking trains and rails because they felt that it was against them. America was also once British land, and they had many colonies, until the revolution. It was then declared Independence from England. These are just a few of the big places in his expedition around the world.

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