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EN - Description: French globetrotter who claimed to be undertaking a world tour accompanied by his dog. According to research by the Orkney Archive (2025), Charles Millot left Paris on 22 April 1901, aged 20, after betting with friends that he could walk around the world in six years without money, funding himself by selling illustrated postcards bearing his portrait. Between 1902 and 1903 he travelled across Europe - from Italy to Germany, Belgium, England and Ireland - finally reaching Scotland and the Orkney Islands, where he was photographed with his dog “Dundee". At each stage he visited newspaper offices and police stations to register his progress and have his consular papers stamped. British newspapers described him as a tireless, multilingual self-promoter known as “the French globe-trotter”
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://orkneyarchive.blogspot.com/2025/07/charles-millot-world-traveller-orkney.html
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Touriste français - 50.800 kilomètres à pieds
- Description: Mária Fáy, known by her married name Béláné Mocsáry, was a Hungarian geographer, traveler, and writer - one of the first women in Hungary to extensively document her journeys. Widowed in 1890, she embarked on remarkable travels, alone or with her sister, throughout the Balkans, the Middle East (Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Nubia), India, Sri Lanka, North America (including Alaska), Mexico, and South America. Between 1899 and 1905, she published several travelogues illustrated with her own photographs: India and Ceylon’s Notes (1899, expanded version in 1901), My Journey on the West Coast of North America (1902), and My Journey to Mexico: Travel Notes (1905)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mária Mocsáry
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Hungary, Ungheria, Hongrie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1845-1917
- 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/B%C3%A9l%C3%A1n%C3%A9_Mocs%C3%A1ry
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34223407
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Fáy Mária [Béláné Mocsáry]. India and Ceylon’s Notes. Budapest, 1899.
- Description: Lotan Baba is an Indian holy man who promotes peace by traveling in a unique manner: rolling. He has covered approximately 30'000 km across Indian cities, averaging 10-12 km per day. He holds the record for the longest distance traveled by rolling (9'846 miles, 15'846 km)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lotan Baba
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- 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: India
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotan_Baba
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6684616
An Indian holy man trying to promote peace by rolling on the ground all the way from India to Pakistan has been barred from crossing the border because he has no passport, officials said on Monday.
- Description: French expedition composed of Thierry Montaner and Killian Blais started on May 7, 2008, with the aim of walking around the world
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.lejsl.com/edition-charolais-brionnais/2014/10/02/le-tour-du-monde-a-pied-rien-qu-a-pied
Pour fêter son centième numéro aujourd'hui, « Envoyé spécial, la suite » largue les amarres. Cap sur les traces de grands voyageurs. Deux ans après un premier reportage, les équipes du magazine ont notamment retrouvé deux globe-trotteurs partis de Valence (Drôme) en mai 2008 pour se lancer un défi fou : réaliser un tour du monde à pied avec un budget de 2 € par jour.
- Description: Mattia Miraglio embarked on a solo 50'000 km walk around the world. He set off on April 19, 2014, from Savigliano, in Piedmont
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://mattiamiraglio.it
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Miraglio Mattia, A passo d'uomo: Giro del mondo a piedi, L'Artistica Editrice, 2017.
Il 13 settembre 2013, sul balcone di casa mia, ho deciso di fumare l'ultima sigaretta, quella del “condannato a vita” e partire per il giro del mondo.
- Description: The group of two Swiss and one Italian traveled 15'000 kilometers by car, from Lugano to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, as part of the charity event Mongolia Charity Rally 2013, a non-competitive race promoted by the English organization Go Help
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://mongolia.charityrallies.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6899619
- Description: Project organized and carried out by Caroline Moireaux: a 70'000 km walk around the world, to be completed in an approximate time of 10 years
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.piedslibres.com
Caroline Moireaux est partie il y a trois ans et demi de Cosges pour un tour du monde à pied, pendant 10 ans. Elle raconte pourquoi elle a dû revenir depuis la Sibérie, pour mieux repartir dans quelque temps.
- Description: Darinka, a traveler, writer, photographer, designer, and videomaker, returned to Italy in 2014 after 15 years abroad to follow her passions. She started a journey on foot from Palermo without money, traveling across Italy for seven months and collecting stories. This experience led to her book "Walkaboutitalia". She later published "Mondonauta", a narrative of her travels from Asia to Scandinavia, tackling deep themes in a beat generation style. Her adventure continues on bicycle and sailboat, aiming to complete a global circumnavigation. During the pandemic, she stopped in Bali, where she wrote "Ballando nel Silenzio" about the Indonesian lockdown
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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
- Internet: https://darinkamontico.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123113216
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Montico, Darinka. 2015. Walkaboutitalia : l’Italia a Piedi, Senza Soldi, Raccogliendo Sogni. Roma: Ed. dei cammini
- Description: Michael Mitchell set off from Cape York on May 5, 2008, to undertake the journey known as the 'Great Australian Cancer Bush Walk'. The purpose is to raise funds for cancer research
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- 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: Australia
- Internet: https://www.hphpcentral.com/article/bushwalk-for-cancer/
Cancer Council supporter walks more than 6,000km to raise funds. Melbourne teacher Michael Mitchell is a man who has really gone out of his way to help fight cancer - in fact, he's gone thousands of kilometres out of his way.
- Description: The group of two Swiss and one Italian traveled 15'000 kilometers by car, from Lugano to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, as part of the charity event Mongolia Charity Rally 2013, a non-competitive race promoted by the English organization Go Help
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://mongolia.charityrallies.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6899619
- Description: Ticinese bike traveler who has completed several routes between Asia and America; the journey from Switzerland to Iran was captured and broadcast in a miniseries produced by the Swiss Italian-language broadcaster (RSI)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1990-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Multimedia: https://www.playsuisse.ch/it/show/799375/lento-e-bello
- Description: Susanna Moodie (née Strickland) was born in Suffolk, England, in 1803 and emigrated to Upper Canada with her family in 1832. Settling near Peterborough, Ontario, she chronicled her settler experience in Roughing It in the Bush (1852), a candid and often witty account that became a pioneer’s guide for British emigrants. Its sequel Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush (1853) reflects on moving into settlement towns, combining realism with introspection and critique
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1803–1885
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Moodie
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396169
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Moodie, Susanna Strickland, Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada, London 1852. Moodie, Susanna Strickland, Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush, 1853.
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