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What's the first recorded instance of jet lag? Did it come about before planes?

by dynaboyj

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Hi, there's room for more depth on this topic, but while you're waiting, you may be interested in these earlier threads

Jetlag - what it is

Did ancient travellers ever develop "jet lag" while traveling and did they ever complain? - /u/queenofscotland provides a quick definition
Did Christopher Columbus get "jet lag" ? - /u/Superplaner illustrates using Columbus as an example

Jetlag - examples

Was there ever jetlag/people having problems adjusting to new time zones before the days of airplanes? - /u/AlfredoEinsteino cites Mark Twain's 1867 book The Innocents Abroad
How and when did people first realize that different parts of the globe experience day/night at different times? - /u/KNHaw cites Jules Verne's 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days
Did transatlantic steamship travelers in days of yore get "ship-lag"? - /u/CptBigglesworth cites Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours from 1920 as the earliest reference to jetlag