> and at the end of fifteen months return to Boston,” the New York Times reported on February 25, 1894. “The traveler starts out penniless, with simply the clot

> and at the end of fifteen months return to Boston,” the New York Times reported on February 25, 1894. “The traveler starts out penniless, with simply the clothes she has on, > […] > Speeches were made, and then a representative from New Hampshire’s Londonderry Lithia Spring Water Company handed Kopchovsky $100 in sponsorship money It also isn’t clear to me how she paid for those boat trips, and find it conspicuous that the New York Times up front wrote it would take 15 months while the only existing attempt took 33 (on a penny farthing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyclist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyclist)) I guess this was more scripted reality than a true attempt.