Living on camel milk and desiccated soup, bolstered on Christmas Day by a festive meal of baked beans, Thomas navigated by the stars and collected botanical specimens en route, more than 20 of which were new to science.
It's that this most obvious route, more than any of the much longer workarounds by which American citizens can get to the island, lets you feel most fully the truth of Cuba's sheer proximity.
On the first phase of the route, more than 44 hectares will now be adversely affected in some way – whether by having trees cut down, or damaged due to extreme noise, vibration and other disturbance.
The bridge, 220 feet long, offers pedestrians a new route more than 20 feet above West Street, which is really more of a highway (Route 9A, in fact) than a city street.
America's top diplomat, who often cycles during his free time on foreign trips, had brought his own bicycle to France to tackle the Col de la Colombière, a mountain pass that has made up part of the Tour route more than a dozen times.
Updated at 1.45pm BST 1.35pm BST Battle for Syria north-south route More than 100 people, including 20 rebels, have been killed in a battle for Khan Sheikhoun as part of a fight for the control Syria's main north-south road, a rebel fighter told the Guardian.
