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- Description: Aidan De Brune undertook a walk across Australia, covering a distance of approximately 1'200 kilometers from Adelaide to Sydney. The journey took several weeks, encountering various weather conditions and terrains
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Aidan de Brune
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1874-1946
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
- Internet: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks19/1901261h.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58456653
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Aidan de Brune, Record Diary of a Walk Around Australia, A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook, 2018.
Travelling towards us at the average rate of between 15 to 20 miles a day is a compact [soorage pacnet] of dynamic force known as Aidan de Brune. This extraordinary human machine has covered thousands of miles in his walk round Australia, and is now on the home stretch, somewhere along the coast of the Great Australian Bight, approaching South Australia's western border.
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- Description: Scottish traveler and explorer who settled in Argentina; traveled in South America, Mexico, Morocco
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Don Roberto
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Scottish, Scozzese, Ecossais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1852-1936
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
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- Description: Tour of France by Emile Dablemont with a cart shaped like a cannon
- 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: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour de France par le marcheur lillois Emile Dablemont
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- Description: Louis Dag, accompanied by Victor Dumont and Baptiste Souque, challenged his physical disability by walking the roads of Europe
- 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: Unis par le malheur - Dag Louis, ex- opticien Dumont Victor, paralysé Souque Baptiste, ex-empl. de commerce
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- Description: In 1912, Prof. Damrel embarked on a journey across the North American continent in a cart pulled by five dogs, or wolves as described in the postcard
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Prof.
- 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: Prof. Jas W. Damrel driving a team of Wolves from Seattle to N.Y. City
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- Description: Clarence M. Darling and Claude C. Murphey departed from the Hotel Otsego in Jackson on May 2, 1904. After traveling 13'407 miles and a year and three months, they returned to the Michigan town having completed a tour of the United States following a bet. They lost the bet in Vermont, where they were unable to meet the 'financial' clauses of the wager: "The conditions were that they were to start on this long journey penniless, while on the trip they were neither to beg, work, borrow, nor steal, all the expenses of the tour to be met by the profits resulting from the sale of an aluminum card-receiver or ash-tray"
- 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: Murphey C., Around the United States by bicycle, Detroit, Press of Raynor & Taylor, 1906.
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- Description: In the late 1920s, Davar completed one of the first bicycle trips in the South American Andes. He also accompanied Gustav Sztavjanik on a round-the-world bicycle trip that concluded in 1931
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Davar F. J., Cycling over the roof of the world, New York, J. G. Ziedler, 1929.
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- Description: Alexandra David-Néel, a French explorer and writer, is renowned for her extraordinary travels in Asia and for being one of the first Western women to visit Tibet, which was then closed to foreigners. Starting her explorations in 1911, she traversed regions such as India, China, Japan, and Tibet, braving extreme conditions and overcoming cultural and physical barriers. Her most famous journey was to Tibet, where she surreptitiously entered in 1924, reaching Lhasa. David-Néel was not just an adventurer but also a scholar of Buddhism and Asian cultures, and her numerous books, including "My Journey to Lhasa," provide a vivid and insightful portrayal of her experiences and discoveries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1868-1969
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230456
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- Description: Thomas Fleming Day was an influential American journalist and sailor known for his pioneering voyages in sailing. The founder and editor of "The Rudder" magazine, Day was prominent in promoting the sport of sailing and his sailing exploits. In 1911, he led the famous "Atlantic Race," one of the first yachting races across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Cornwall, England. His leadership in this event made him a legendary figure in the history of sailing. Day was also renowned for his writings, which combined technical expertise with a lively narrative style, inspiring generations of sailors and adventurers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Old Man
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1862-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantico, Atlantique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fleming_Day
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7789660
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Day T. F., The Voyage of Detroit, Tilbury House Pub, 2003.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Von New-York nach St.-Petersburg im Motorboot