- Description: In the 1980s, Neil Clough cycled the route from Manchester to Cape Town, crossing Europe and Africa
- 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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Clough N., Two-wheel trek: Manchester to Cape Town – by bicycle, London, Arrow, 1983.
- Description: World tour of Louis Conciatori and Paris Franceschi
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour du monde
- Description: In his postcard, Fernand Consigny claims to have walked 35'000 km around the world
- 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: 35'000 km zu Fuss durch die 5 Weltteile ohne alle Mittel. Durch den Ertrag dieser Karte bestreitet er sein Weiterkommen
- Description: Alberto Pozzi and Giancarlo Corbellini are among the members of a group of friends who traveled the Silk Road from Como to Beijing. They covered 13'400 km divided into 93 stages, each averaging about 144 kilometers, with a total ascent of 84'000 meters
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Silk Road, Via della seta, Route de la soie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Corbellini G., Pozzi A., Pedalando lungo la Via della Seta : in bicicletta da Como a Pechino sulle orme di Marco Polo, Boffi Edizioni, 2005.
- Description: Nellie Bly began her career as a journalist at the Pittsburgh Dispatch, adopting her pseudonym from a character in a famous song by Stephen Foster. After moving to New York, she continued her journalism career at Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor the idea of turning the fiction of "Around the World in 80 Days" into reality. On November 14, 1889, at 9:40 am, Nellie Bly departed from New York to undertake her own journey around the world, revisiting Jules Verne's idea. The reporter traveled 24'899 miles in seventy-two days, six hours, eleven minutes, and fourteen seconds, returning to New York on January 25, 1890, and setting a new record for circumnavigation. This record was short-lived, later improved by George Francis Train, who completed the journey in sixty-seven days. Elizabeth Jane Cochran, while not the first woman to accomplish such a feat, was the first to do so in this manner, becoming a role model for women seeking emancipation
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Nellie Bly; Pink; Cochrane
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1864-1922
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230299
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002. Wong E., Around the World and Across the Board: Nellie Bly and the Geography of Games, American Studies Department, Rutgers University, 2005.
A questo proposito va notato che così come Bly non fu la prima donna americana a diventare reporter, ella non fu neanche la prima donna a fare il giro del mondo da sola; ma in entrambi i casi introdusse in tali ambiti delle novità che ne trasformarono le precedenti modalità e resero unica la sua esperienza. Nel caso del viaggio intorno al mondo, Bly fu la prima donna a fare una corsa contro il tempo che, combinando il tema della velocità - legato al progresso tecnico - con quello della trasgressione, risultò particolarmente attraente agli occhi del pubblico americano; inoltre la grande pubblicità data all'evento dal quotidiano che lo sponsorizzava contribuì al successo strepitoso dell'impresa. (Scatamacchia, 2002)
- Description: James Connell authored Some Humorous Experiences of a Globe Trotter, a light-hearted travelogue recounting his journey around the world. Written in a humorous, anecdotal style, the book describes the author’s encounters and misadventures on steamships, in colonial ports, hotels, and trains across Europe, North Africa, India, Ceylon, the Malay Straits, Japan, and Australia, returning via the United States
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: -
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Connell J., Some humorous experiences of a globe trotter, Ellis Pub., 1915.
- Description: Thomas Cook revolutionized travel by creating modern tourism and founding the world's first travel agency. Born into a working-class family in Melbourne, Derbyshire, he left school at age 10 to work as a gardener's assistant. A devout Baptist missionary and temperance advocate, on July 5, 1841, he organized his first excursion: a railway journey from Leicester to Loughborough for 570 people attending a temperance meeting, charging one shilling per person. This pioneering venture launched the modern tourism industry. Cook introduced revolutionary concepts still used today: the package tour combining transport, accommodation and meals at a single inclusive price, hotel vouchers (1868), and printed travel guides. In 1872-73, he organized the world's first round-the-world tour, covering over 29'000 miles in 222 days. His company established the first tourist offices in Cairo (1872), Jaffa (1874), and Jerusalem (1881), making exotic destinations accessible to Europe's growing middle class. By the end of the 19th century, Thomas Cook & Son had arranged travel to Palestine for about 12'000 people, including German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II. The company pioneered international travel services, issuing the precursor to travelers' checks ("Cook's Circular Notes" in 1874)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Pioneer of Modern Tourism
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1808–1892
- 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328725
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Brendon, P. (1991). Thomas Cook: 150 Years of Popular Tourism. London: Secker & Warburg.
- Description: World tour organized at the end of the 1920s by two Swiss individuals: Corbond and Maret
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
Il giro del mondo in motocicletta
Due motociclisti svizzeri, l'ex aviatore Corbond di Friborgo ed il meccanico Maret di Neuchâtel, partiranno il 15 ottobre prossimo da Berna per compiere il giro del mondo in motocicletta. I due arditi sportivi toccheranno i 5 continenti, compresa l'America del Sud, percorrendo una distanza di 135'000 km, di cui 80'000 km in motocicletta. La macchina scelta dai due turisti è una "Allegro" col motore inglese "Villiers", I due motociclisti visiteranno la maggior parte delle colonie svizzere. Il racconto del viaggio, le fotografie o le films saranno pubblicate. Il viaggio durerà due anni e mezzo.
Corriere del Ticino, 06.08.1928
- Description: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, draughtsman, writer, librettist, director, and actor. In 1936, he traveled around the world in 80 days with Marcel Khill. The account of this experience was published in 1937 under the title Mon Premier Voyage
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1889-1963
- 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://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83158
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Cocteau, Jean. Il mio primo viaggio. DeAgostini, 1964.
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Prima di iniziare il racconto di questo giro del mondo, è molto importante spiegarne il motivo e mettere chiaramente al corrente il lettore della nostra impresa.
- Description: Journey through Europe and North Africa by the self-proclaimed globetrotter Conrad
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Voyage pour propager l'Esperanto à travers l'Europe et l'Afrique du Nord, fait par W. Conrad, Espérantiste, en 4 ans. La vente de ces cartes est le seul moyen pour ce voyage
- Description: William F. Cooper, also known as Caribou Bill, declared his intention to travel around the world with a sled pulled by dogs
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Caribou Bill
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Sledge, Slitta, Luge
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://localwiki.org/hsl/William_F._Cooper
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: On a World Tour with a Dog Team, New York Times, May 23, 1910.
Bill and his dogs started from Nome in October, 1908, on a four years’ globe-trotting jaunt, and has been since trekking eastward, stopping now and then to rest himself and his animal friends and to have a little fun on the way.
- Description: Angelo Corsaro walked from Catania to the Vatican on stilts, covering 558 miles. On this occasion, he was personally welcomed by the Pope
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Stilts, Trampoli, Echasses
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: World of Ripley's, Believe it or Not! 1999, p. 50.
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