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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days 

This is Wikipedia's site that talks about the book.  It gives a good overview that tells the reader the story. It gives you the main storyline.

http://www.online-literature.com/verne/

This site gives you more information about the author, Jules Verne.  Jules Verne wrote Around the World in 80 Days in 1873.  The story takes place in 1872.

http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/The_1870's_Train

This site gives you information on trains that were used in the 1870's.  Travel across American was made easier for settlers when the train tracks were laid.  Towns were built around train stations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_India.  

The railway in India is what started the bet between Phileas Fogg and the men at the Reform Club.  The incompletion of the railway is why they  happened to travel by Elephant and come upon their adventure with Aouda.  This site tells of the history of transportation by train in India.  In the book, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout travel by train in India.

http://books.google.com/books?id=BJg-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=sioux+indians+attacking+trains&source=bl&ots=ApWUFb4Biw&sig=Me8XNOnwMnk-t9K_Y_FIR5dTors&hl=en&ei=lgGNTt3NC4-atwfkrr2RDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false

This link tells the story of a woman who was captured by the Sioux Indians in 1873.  That was around the time the Sioux Indians attacked the train Phileas Fogg was taking from the west coast of the United States to the East Coast.  In the story, the trains passengers overcome the Indians.

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=664&q=traveling+by+elephant&gbv=2&oq=traveling+by+elephant&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=5782l10180l0l10403l21l19l0l8l2l0l211l1618l2.6.3l11l0

This site shows images of people riding on elephants.  In India, Phileas Fogg traveled by elephant when the train tracks ended.  He paid a lot of money to buy the elephant.

http://books.google.com/books?id=JL8CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=about+whist+card+game&hl=en&ei=GAONTo_DL86gtgfOqNSiDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CFEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=about%20whist%20card%20game&f=false

This link tells you about the game of Whist, Phileas Fogg's favorite pastime.  It is a card game he played at the Reform Club.  He also played it during his travels.

http://www.gjenvick.com/SteamshipArticles/TransatlanticShipsAndVoyages/OceanSteamships/1882/index.html

This site gives you a history of steamships in the 1800's.  This was the way people traveled across oceans during the travels of Phileas Fogg in 1872.  Airplanes were not invented yet.

http://www.reformclub.com/

This site tells you about the Reform Club - the club for wealthy Englishmen that Phileas Fogg belonged to and visited daily.  This is where Phileas Fogg made his bet.  And it is where he won his bet.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-scotland.html

This site gives you a history of Scotland Yard.  Mr. Fix, a member of Scotland Yard, pursued Phileas Fogg all the way around the world.  He had reason to think Mr. Fogg was the bank robber he was looking for because he matched the description of the wanted robber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_den

This link gives you a history of Opium dens.  At one point in the book, Mr. Fix tries to prevent Phileas Fogg from making his boat for the next part of the journey by getting his servant, Passepartout, to pass out from smoking opium in an opium den.  The trip was almost ruined by what happened in the opium den.

http://adaniel.tripod.com/sati.htm

This site explains sati which is an Indian Hindu ritual of sacrificing the wife of a dead husband...against their will.  In the story, Fogg and Passepartout save Aouda from this ritual.  They took her back to England with them.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/dateline.htm

This site tells about the international date line.  In the end, Phileas Fogg wins his bet because he finally realized that he was not late, but early, because he traveled east and actually gained 24 hours travel time. If they would have traveled west, they would have lost a day.

http://www.visitlondon.com/

If you want to learn more about London - this site will tell you all about it.  London was the home of Phileas Fogg and where the trip began.  It was also where the Reform Club was.

http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/

From London, they traveled to Suez and went through the Suez Canal.  This site tells you more about the Suez Canal.  This is where Mr. Fix came into the picture.

http://www.mumbainet.com/

From Suez, they traveled to Bombay, India.  This site gives you more information on Bombay which is now called Mumbai. 

http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtml

From Bombay, they travelled to Calcutta, India.  This site gives you a history of Calcutta.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html

From Calcutta, they traveled to Hong Kong.  Here is a site on Hong Kong.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2156.html

From Hong Kong, they traveled to Yokohama, Japan.  Here is a site on Yokohama.

http://www.baycityguide.com/

From Yokohama, they traveled to San Francisco.  Here is a site on San Francisco.