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- Description: William Virgin was the first cyclist to traverse the route connecting Perth to Brisbane in 1897. He used a bicycle provided by the Dux Cycle Company
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
Mr. William Virgin, the cyclist who rode into Melbourne from Perth on Saturday, is a fitting successor on the journey to Mr. William Snell, holder of the Coolgardie to Melbourne record. Mr. Snell wanted to visit his people in the Western district of Victoria, and, instead of worrying about trains and boats he jumped on his bicycle and rode across at the rate of nearly 100 miles a day.
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- Description: On August 11, 1896, Giovanni Vivoli, a resident of Bologna living in Lugano, set out on foot from the city on Lake Lugano towards Paris. There are no attestations confirming the actual accomplishment of the feat
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- 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: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, 10 agosto 1896.
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- Description: A family cycles the Pan-American Highway, from Alaska to Argentina. Davy and Daryl, 12-year-old twins, entered the Guinness World Record as the youngest cyclists to complete this route
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: http://familyonbikes.org
17,300 miles is the distance from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York — seven times. It is about 5,000 miles less than the entire circumference of the Earth. It is a number I had only seen on the odometer in my car.
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- Description: Von Rosen traveled in Europe in the 1930s of the twentieth century
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: http://www.thelongridersguild.com/Decision%20Assistance.htm
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- Description: Around-the-world trip in 5 years without money
- 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: Um die Welt zu Fuss in 5 Jahren, Weggegangen von Holland 27. März 1909-1914, 39.604 Kilometer zurückgelegt. Round the world in 5 years without money
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- Description: Tilmann Waldthaler is a renowned Italo-Austrian traveler and explorer known for his extreme adventures in remote and wild regions of the world. Over the years, he has undertaken numerous solo expeditions through deserts, mountains, and jungles, facing physical and environmental challenges. Waldthaler is famous for his journeys without modern transportation or external support, preferring to travel on foot or with pack animals. His exploits have been documented in books and films, inspiring many with his spirit of adventure
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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: http://www.tilmann.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2433666
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- Description: Bill Walsh embarked on the most classic of coast-to-coast journeys from New York to San Francisco, aboard a cart pulled by two mules
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Bill Walsh and his team of burros leaving New York for the coast
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- Description: The tour of Germany executed aboard two mini-carts
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Roller skates, Pattini, Patins
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Rund um Deutschland
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- Description: In 1912, Wanderwell began the first round-the-world journey on foot starting from Posen, Poland, completing an itinerary of 82'000 miles in 5 years. He became the husband of Aloha Wanderwell, an early 20th-century traveler
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Wanderwell Walter
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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://www.alohawanderwell.com
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Wanderwell world tour 175,000 miles around the world - for the world
The female Indiana Jones! Fascinating images capture the adventures of a 1920s traveller who visited 80 countries... in a Model T Ford.
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About us
Museum of Travel and Tourism is a virtual museum dedicated to travel and tourism, founded in 2016. It began as a research platform focused on the biographies of women and men travelers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and has gradually expanded to include contemporary journeys.