Re: Clarification
The book. Movie adaptations later used a lot of license in spicing up the actual traveling part of the story. So much so that when I finally did read the book, I said to myself, hey, wait a minute, what about the ...?
No, I haven't seen the Michael Praed series. But there was a science fiction book, well known decades ago, by Philip Jose farmer called "The other log of Phileas Fogg" that retold the story in terms of what was <strong>really</strong> going on -- Fogg batting the sinister plots of secret conspiracies, etc. I wonder if the TV series was based on that idea.
Ptichka, that was the reason that I asked Bronzeisgolden to clarify the question. When she said "coastal <strong>area</strong> in square miles," that means something different from "linear miles of sea coast." In fact, I wasn't too sure <strong>what</strong> it meant. But evidently "coastal area" is a geological designation, like "tundra, steppe, prairie," etc., so the question does make sense as posed. I still don't know the answer however.
But the more I think about it, New Hampshire is probably right for both questions. NH being so far north, it's "coastal area" probably does not extend very far inland. (?)
Mathman
