In the 19th century, photography was a technique accessible only to the wealthy classes of society. Over the decades, photographic prints evolved into an effective and appreciated means of communication: in the field of tourism, the postcard quickly gained popularity — a rectangular card bearing an image on one side and on the other…

Traveling by choice, rather than necessity, brings a sense of satisfaction linked to movement itself. Lilian Leland captures this feeling well: for those who love to travel, departure is just as enjoyable as stopping, because the true pleasure lies in being on the move.

In 1872, Jules Verne published a novel that, more than 140 years after its initial release, remains widely known and appreciated for its evocative power: Around the World in Eighty Days. The story follows the adventures of Phileas Fogg, a wealthy London gentleman of habitual, sedentary, and reserved character. On October 2, 1872, Fogg leaves his residence on Saville Row and heads to the Reform Club. As usual, at half past eleven he reaches the club premises after taking exactly 575 steps.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Romania
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1890-1978
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumitru_Dan
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2891399
• Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Primul Campion Mondial

In 1908, the Touring club de France announced a contest for walking around the world, with an offered prize of 100,000 francs. Dumitru Dan and his countrymen Paul Pârvu, George Negreanu and Alexandru Pascu were all students in Paris at the time, and they decided to take up the challenge, using their own money and resources.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Pedestrian, The father of Pedestrialism
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1839-1929
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Internet: http://www.ultrawalking.net
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344794
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Weston E. P., The pedestrian, being a correct journal of incidents on a walk from the state house, Boston, Mass., to the U.S. Capitol, at Washington, D.C., performed in ten consecutive days, between February 22d and March 4th, 1861.

He is walking from New York to Minneapolis, a distance of 1,446 miles. He expects to make it in 60 day. He is 75 years old and has covered 100.000 miles in long-distance walk in his lifetime. His greatest walk was in 1906, when he hiked clear across the American continent. Upon completion of his present walk Weston will lay the cornerstone of the new clubhouse of the Minneapolis Athletic club.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Vespaman
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1955-2008
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Bettinelli
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3765290
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bettinelli G., In Vespa, Da Roma a Saigon, Milano: Feltrinelli, 2003.

La notizia arrivata dal Sud della Cina ha colpito improvvisamente tutto il grande "popolo dei viaggiatori": il 16 settembre ci ha lasciati Giorgio Bettinelli, vinto da un'infezione sulle rive del Mekong. Giorgio, meglio conosciuto come lo Scrittore-in-Vespa e spesso affettuosamente soprannominato "Vespista per Caso" era forse uno degli ultimi grandi avventurieri-esploratori esistenti, quelli che - per intenderci - fanno del viaggio la missione della propria vita e trovano realizzazione nell'incontro con altri popoli, culture e luoghi.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1831-1904
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Internet: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2999096/How-Victorian-adventuress-Isabella-Bird-braved-wars-survived-malaria-ignored-scorn-countrymen-best-selling-travel-writer-photojournalist.html
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288210
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bird I., Isabella Bird, Una lady nel West: tra pionieri, serpenti e banditi sulle Montagne Rocciose, EDT, 1998. Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002.

Life of a Victorian adventuress: Incredible story of clergyman's daughter who braved malaria, floods and wars to trek across China

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Norway, Norvegia, Norvège
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1860-1942
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Estby
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4947225
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hunt L., Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America, University of Idaho Press, 2003. Estby Dagg, The Year We Were Famous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Terry Fox
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1958-1981
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
• Internet: http://www.terryfox.org
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295053

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Earthwalkers
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Kunst
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5229138

Minnesotan's around-the-world walk remembered, 30 years later. It took four years, 21 million steps and 22 pairs of leather shoes for Dave Kunst to complete his record-making and tragedy-marred 14,450-mile walk around the Earth in 1974.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Anarchico delle due ruote
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1864-1940
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Masetti
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3839867
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rossi L., L’anarchico delle due ruote: Luigi Masetti: il primo cicloviaggiatore italiano, Milano-Chicago e altre imprese di fine Ottocento, Portogruaro: Ediciclo, 2008.
• Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ricordo del viaggio ciclistico

Pioniere dei viaggi avventurosi e protagonista di grandi imprese, nel 1893 compì il viaggissimo Milano-Londra-Chicago-Londra-Milano in bicicletta. Luigi Masetti era un poeta del viaggio, un eroe del fango e della polvere, un ciclista che riuniva le folle al suo passaggio. L'anarchico delle due ruote, così il fondatore del Corriere della Sera definì il primo cicloviaggiatore del quale si abbia memoria. Il resoconto del suo viaggio venne pubblicato a puntate sulle pagine del Corriere della Sera e un suo lungo ritratto apparve sulla rivista del Touring Club Italiano.

• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg
• Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4SeOwtNYA
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587533
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Verne Jules, Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni, Roma: Biancoenero, 2013.