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Boarding the Ship Notebook — Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days

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Part of the officially licensed Around the World in Eighty Days: The Victorian Age of Travel journal collection, the Boarding the Ship Notebook is inspired by Jules Verne’s novel and Victorian departure scenes preserved in the British Library.

Steamships were essential to Phileas Fogg’s race around the globe. Drawing on the novel and illustrated scenes from Abroad, the design captures the anticipation of departure—the moment when plans become journeys and the wider world begins to open.

Made with specially selected 100gsm writing paper, this compact notebook is designed for travel plans, memories and everyday discoveries. It offers museum shops, maritime attractions, bookstores and travel retailers a giftable product with a clear literary and historical story.

The cultural sources

Anchor narrative: Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
British Library shelfmark: 1608/4408
Supporting artefact: Abroad, Thomas Crane; illustrated by Ellen Houghton
British Library shelfmark: 12810.d.28
Publication: London, 1882
Image source: The British Library collection

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