- Description: Isabelle Eberhardt, born in 1877, was a Swiss explorer and writer renowned for her daring travels in North Africa. Converted to Islam, she traversed the Sahara disguised as a man, taking the name Si Mahmoud Essadi. Her explorations were driven by a deep yearning for freedom and a fascination with Arab and Islamic culture. Through her writings, she captured the essence of the desert and the life of nomadic tribes, challenging the social norms of her time. Despite her short life, she left a lasting legacy as a trailblazing woman and fearless adventurer
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mahmoud Saadi
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1877-1904
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271903
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Eberhardt I., La via del deserto, Ibis, 2003. Mackworth C., The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt, Quartet Books, 1977.
- Description: Vienna-Paris journey in a 700-liter barrel for a bet worth 10'000 crowns
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Distanz-Fassroller Wien-Paris 1900, Parcours kilométrique de Vienne à Paris
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- Description: On May 5, 1896, Helga Estby set out from Spokane (Washington) with her daughter Clara, aiming to reach New York. They arrived by Christmas, hoping to collect the $10'000 prize offered to the woman who completed a coast-to-coast walk. Unfortunately, Helga did not receive the money she needed to save her farm from foreclosure
- 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.
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- Description: James Fagg, originally from Ashburry, Wisconsin, traveled 10'000 miles across the United States, delighting in coast-to-coast journeys and traversing the road from Texas to Maine
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-1975
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Coast to coast, souvenir pictures for sale
- Description: Cart pulled by goats from San Diego to New York
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Capitain
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: From San Diego, California, to New York, N.Y.
- Description: Group of German globetrotters, 1920s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zu fuss rund um die Erde
- Description: In 1939, three young American globe-trotters crossed Europe by motorcycle as far as Athens. There they sold their bikes and purchased a small boat to continue their journey to Palestine. Off the coast of Caesarea, the vessel was caught in a storm and ran aground. One of the travelers, Waldo Evans, was killed, while the other two were injured
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, February 24, 1939.
Tragica navigazione di tre globe-trotters. Giaffa, 23 agosto (Havas). - Un battello che trasportava tre giovani globe-trotters americani si è arenato sulla costa della Cesarea dopo una navigazione tragica, durante la quale uno dei passeggeri ha trovato la morte e gli altri due sono rimasti feriti.
- Description: Globe-trotting artists departed from Budapest on April 15, 1923
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Description: In 1910, Jack Eldredge ran the distance from Boston to San Francisco, taking 100 days to complete the journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: USA
- Description: In 1914, the Yellowstone Monitor reported the visit of Jimmie Erickson, a thirteen-year-old globetrotter from Crookston, Minnesota. For about two years he had been traveling across every state and major city in the United States. After spending time in California, where he attended the Pan-American Exposition, he set out again toward the Pacific. Within a month he had covered about one-fifth of the distance from San Francisco to his meeting point, traveling nearly 480 km (300 miles) in two days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: USA
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Yellowstone Monitor, April 16, 1914.
Juvenile globetrotter visits city. Jimmie Erickson, age 13, juvenile globetrotter of the world, paid the city a visit last evening. Jimmie’s home address is Crookston, Minn. He has just paid his native home a visit. A month ago he bid his Frisco friends a hasty “good-bye” with the promise he would return in ninety days’ time. He is apparently going to make good his promise, for in two days he has traveled one-fifth the distance to his rendezvous.
- Description: In 1926, at the age of 29 and a father of two children, Giacomo Facchinetti embarked on the adventure of his lifetime: a six-year journey around the world. As he writes in his diary: 'The main purpose of my journey is the practical study of the various regions I will visit, especially the habits of the people of different countries, the climates, the dangers to be feared in wild regions, not only from man but largely from the terrain and its inhabitants.' Facchinetti left Rome on September 30, 1926. The last report about him was made in the Limbani District (Peru) on April 16, 1932, where he died in a landslide
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1897-1932
- 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://lanostrastoria.ch/entries/x08AomMJX1l
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giamboni, Silvio. Un Globetrotter Del Malcantone. Lugano: Ticino Management, 2018.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Giro del Mondo senza denaro, Roma 1926 –1932
Le tour du monde en vélo. Un jeune ouvrier de Curio, M. Giacomo Facchinetti, est parti jeudi de Curio pour faire le tour du monde en vélo. M. Facchinetti compte accomplir sa performance en six ans et gagnera ainsi le prix de 25'000 dollars de la société géologique de l'Etat de New-York. M. Facchinetti a été autorisé à prendre avec lui deux revolvers et un fusil pour traverser certaines régions dangereuses.
- Description: Pictured on a postcard with Michel Vernay and Ettore Zampiceni, he devoted himself to a world tour for the 'pedestrian championship', totaling 67'000 km
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Championnat pédestre (67 000 kilomètres) Le tour du monde à pied
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