The Virtual museum of travel and tourism is a collection of contents and online resources concerning the history of travel and travelers, with particular attention to the first globetrotters epic adventures. It includes exhibitions, histories, virtual galleries and online resources. The first and biggest virtual museum about travel and tourism.
Fastest circumnavigation by bicycle (female)
In just 152 days, 1 hour, Juliana Buhring (DEU) cycled a total distance of 29’069 km (18’063 miles). The journey started and finished at Piazza Plebiscito in Naples, Italy, and lasted from 23 July until 22 December 2012.
Hochstrasser, Roland. Globetrotters directory, Repertorio dei globetrotters, Annuaire des globetrotteurs. Lugano: Virtual museum of travel and tourism, 2017.
Description
In the rich history of tourism and travel industry, the role and importance of globetrotter’s adventures are often underestimated or simply not considered.
Between 1850 and 1945 hundreds of globetrotters travelled the world in extravagant ways, without the knowledge, experience or funding necessary for the assignment. Events and personal stories which provides an interesting key to interpreting tourism development.
The Globetrotters Directory offers an incomplete collection of those eclectic figures, edited mainly using written sources (books, periodicals and postcards). As noted by several researchers, some of those adventures are faked and thus it makes it more complicated to deal with this question.
Finally, it was also noted that a significant number of adventures left very little evidence: the information retrieval is just at the beginning!
Descrizione
Nella ricca storia del turismo e dei viaggi, il ruolo e le vicende dei globetrotters sono spesso aspetti dimenticati o nel migliore dei casi esposti nelle note a piè di pagina dei tomi.
Tra il 1850 e il 1945 centinaia di globetrotters si lanciarono nelle iniziative più stravaganti, spesso senza preparazione adeguata e senza fondi. Vicende e microstorie che nel loro eterogeneo complesso contribuiscono a fornire una chiave di lettura interessante del fenomeno turistico.
Il Repertorio dei globetrotters fornisce un elenco incompleto di questi personaggi eclettici, elaborato prevalentemente sulla base di attestazioni scritte (cartoline, articoli di giornale, libri). Come evidenziato da diversi ricercatori, alcuni di questi casi sono in realtà dei falsi, fatto che complica non poco il recupero delle informazioni.
Senza dimenticare che un numero importante di peripli non ha lasciato tracce o ne ha lasciate poche e disperse: il lavoro è solo all’inizio!
Description
Dans la riche histoire du tourisme et des voyages, le rôle et les récits des globetrotteurs ont été souvent oubliés ou – dans le meilleur des cas – relégué dans les pieds de page des ouvrages du secteur.
Entre le 1850 et le 1945 de centaines de globetrotteurs ont réalisé les initiatives bizarres, souvent sans une préparation adéquate et sans argent. Il s’agit de récits et de micro-histoires qui dans leur complexe hétérogène peuvent fournir une clé de lecture significative du phénomène touristique.
L’Annuaire des globetrotteurs présente une sélection de personnages insolites, rédigée principalement sur la base de témoignages écrits (cartes postales, articles de journaux, livres). Comme l'ont signalé plusieurs auteurs, certains cas ne présentent pas suffisamment d’attestation et peuvent être considéré comme des faux, fait qui complique considérablement la récolte d’informations sur ce sujet.
Sans oublier qu’un nombre important d’aventures n’ont pas laissés de traces ou elles ont laissé uniquement d’attestations dispersés : le travail vient juste de commencer!
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I think a cruise is delightful, and I have enjoyed a number, both as air-pilot and in sail. But it is not to be compared with racing, record-breaking, or doing something that has not been done before, for excitement, interest, sport, and the satisfaction of achievement. Those of you who have both raced and cruised know exactly what I mean; you have only to recall the excitement and sport and fatigue that you have had out of four hours racing compared with four hours of a leisurely sail.
Sir Francis Chichester
Roberts, Gail. “Atlas of Discovery.” New York: Crown Publishers, 1973.
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