- Description: Kate Marsden was a British nurse and missionary, best known for her extraordinary journey to Siberia at the end of the nineteenth century. Motivated by philanthropic zeal, she set out to reach the leper colonies of Yakutia. In 1891 she departed from Moscow and travelled roughly 11,200 km (7,000 miles) by horse, sledge, and on foot, facing extreme cold and isolation. She established a leper hospital and gathered first-hand accounts of the disease, later publishing a travel narrative that gained wide attention in Europe
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1931
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Marsden
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546303
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marsden, Kate. On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers. London: Record Press, 1893. Hartley, Janet M. Siberia: A History of the People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Woods, Michael. Women Explorers in Africa: Kate Marsden and Others. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992.
- Description: The Mason family left Nome, Alaska, in 1908 for a 32'000-mile journey around the world. The goal was to arrive at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
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- Description: Maxamor set off on May 1, 1897, from Paris intending to walk around the world. The evidence is so scarce that it casts doubt on the project's actual success
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1875-
- 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: Tour du monde - Round the world - Reise um die Welt - Giro del mondo Maxamor 1897-1904 Labor omnia vincit
In seguito ad una scommessa, Maxamor ha lasciato Parigi il 1o maggio 1897 ed ha dipoi attraversato la Francia, il Belgio, l'Olanda, la Germania ed ora ha attraversato il Gottardo.
Corriere del Ticino, 29.01.1898.
- Description: The American traveler referred to in different sources as Martinet, Tal H. Martinet, or Hippolyte Martinet left Seattle on 19 April 1920, barefoot and without money, intending to circle the globe. He carried basic camping gear and was accompanied by a small dog. Along the way, he signed postcards and promoted ideas such as “return to nature for human regeneration” and “a universal language for human harmony". After crossing the United States, he reached Paris in April 1921, where he stayed briefly. That summer he continued his journey through Switzerland and Italy, then traveled on through Albania, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Burma. He entered China in September 1922 but died of malaria on 30 September in Dali (Yunnan), about 1,700 km (1'056 miles) from his intended destination, Hong Kong. He was buried on a hillside near the town
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://jumelage.org/francais/martinet/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Journal de Genève, August 7, 1921. Libera Stampa, August 24, 1921.
Nous avons reçu la visite d'un Américain, M. Martinet, qui fait le tour du monde pieds nus, portant sur son dos son matériel de campement.
- Description: Beatrice Massey's coast-to-coast journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71685
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Massey B., It might have been worse: a motor trip from coast to coast, Harr Wagner publishing co., 1920.
After reading "By Motor to the Golden Gate" by Emily Post, published in 1916, I was fired by a desire to make a similar tour. This desire grew into a firm determination the more I re-read her charming book.
- Description: Elizabeth Sarah “Nina” Mazuchelli was an English travel writer and explorer. In 1869–1871, while living in Darjeeling, she undertook a two‑month Himalayan expedition, traversing glaciers and ridges between Sikkim and Bhutan. Her 1876 book, The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, recounts the journey with illustrations she made herself
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Nina, Lady Pioneer
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1832–1914
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sarah_Mazuchelli
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84418935
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, 1876.
- Description: Luigi Masetti is the first and perhaps the most famous Italian cyclist of the nineteenth century. From 1892 to 1900, he traveled tens of thousands of kilometers around the world. In 1892, he covered 3'500 km on the roads of the Old Continent. The following year, sponsored by Corriere della Sera, he left Milan to reach the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1900, he embarked on an 18'000 km journey through Italy, Morocco, Northern Europe, Russia, and Turkey
- 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.
- Description: The runner Paolo Masson, according to what is written in his postcard, is engaged in a world tour on foot with his wife
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Paolo Masson Corridore pedestre che fa il giro del mondo a piedi e la sua moglie
- Description: In 1909, Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco, just after graduating high school, left Santa Rosa, California, on two second-hand bicycles with the intention of reaching the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: McDaniel Gibb E., Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909, Oregon State University Press, 2000.
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