Excerpt from L'Océan Pacifique: Les Derniers Cannibales, Iles Et Terres Océaniennes, La Race Polynésienne, San FranciscoQuinze jours suffisent maintenant pour se rendre des côtes de la Manche aux rives du Pacifique, pour franchir à toute vapeur les onze cents lieues de mer qui séparent Le Havre de New - York et traverser l'amé rique du Nord. Il y a trente ans, il n'en était pas ainsi. Ce voyage exigeait près de six mois. Il nous en prit même davantage, cent quatre - vingt-dix-neuf jours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.