Who knows? How long did it take to sail to America in Qing Dynasty?

It took about a month for the Qing Dynasty to go to America by boat.

See Young Children Studying in the United States: The Earliest Official Overseas Students in China (Wen Hui Press, February 2004).

Children studying in the United States leave in August 1 1 and arrive in September 15, one month and five days.

The first batch of "children studying in the United States" set off for the United States on August 1872+0 1. Before and after the four batches, *** 120 "children studying in the United States" came to the United States by boat.

There was a man named Qi, a small official who was ordered to escort the third batch of "young children studying in the United States". He left a diary of his trip to America, which vividly described his trip across the sea more than a century ago.

1872 September 15, San Francisco The New York Times reported:

The 30 China students who arrived yesterday are all very young. They are all excellent and intelligent ladies and gentlemen, and their appearance is neater than that of their compatriots who visited the United States before. Three guards from the Manchu official class walked with them. The government of China allocated 654.38 million dollars for their education. The government of China plans to send 30 students to this country every year.