THE CRUISE INSIDER

Or The (real) First World Cruise in History! Quite a few sources will have you believe that the first around-the-world cruise was the 130-day voyage of Cunard’s RMS Laconia in 1923. But that is not so! Four decades before a couple of British entrepreneurs launched the world's first designated cruise line with an ambitious world cruise offering, that was very likely inspired by the fictional voyage of gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg. SS Ceylon, guests on deck, © The Graphic,