Stearns Clancy Carl (w3162)
Publicity photo of Carl Stearns Clancy on Henderson Four motorcycle (Wikipedia)

Stearns Clancy Carl (w3162)

  • Description: Carl Stearns Clancy was one of the first motorcyclists to ride around the world, an achievement completed between 1912 and 1913. He set out from New York with Walter Rendell Storey on two Henderson Four motorcycles—934 cc engines, 7 horsepower—and crossed Europe, Africa, and Asia, reaching as far as Japan before returning to the United States via the Pacific, covering roughly 18'000 miles in 10 months
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1890-1971
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Stearns_Clancy
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16006940
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Frazier, Gregory W. Motorcycle Adventurer: Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World 1912–1913. iUniverse, 2010.

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