Richardson Arthur Charles Jeston (w2426)

Richardson Arthur Charles Jeston (w2426)

  • Description: Arthur Charles Jeston Richardson was the first to completely and solo circumnavigate Australia's coast in 1899, detailing his journey in the book titled “Story of a Remarkable Ride” published in 1900. He left Perth on June 5th heading north, following a clockwise route with a load of 25 pounds (11.4 kg) and a pistol. Rain slowed his advance in Western Australia, and in the North of the continent, where he was forced to push his bicycle. He returned to Perth on February 4th, 1900, after a journey of 11’500 miles (18’507 km), earning media accolades for this 253-day feat at an average of 42 miles (73 km) per day
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1872-1939
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Charles_Jeston_Richardson
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4798238
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Richardson A., The story of a remarkable cycle ride: an account of Arthur Richardson's plucky pioneer ride around Australia, Melbourne, The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. of Australasia, 1900.

Across Australia Records: Perth to Melbourne: 1937; Hubert Opperman: 11 giorni.

Rieder Fritz (w2429)

Rieder Fritz (w2429)

  • Description: In the early 1930s, Fritz Rieder undertook a walk around the world. Departing on January 12, 1930, from Berlin, the outcome of the German's endeavor is not known
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
  • 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
Roady Bill (w2435)

Roady Bill (w2435)

  • Description: Roady Bill and his pony Tony traveled 39'200 miles, starting from New York in 1928 towards San Francisco, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Africa
  • 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Pioneer Covered Wagon; The only pony in the world that ever made this trip. Left New York Jan. 1928, for San Francisco, Calif., Mexico, Canada, Europe and Africa, covering 39,200 miles by land and 24,325 by sea. The only pony in the world that ever made the trip
Robinson Crusoè (w2442)

Robinson Crusoè (w2442)

  • Description: Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on April 25, 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has since been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966, but various literary sources have also been suggested. Despite its simple narrative style, Robinson Crusoe was well received in the literary world and is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre. It is generally seen as a contender for the first English novel. Before the end of 1719, the book had already run through four editions, and it has gone on to become one of the most widely published books in history, spawning numerous imitations in film, television and radio
  • 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: -
  • Internet: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12623
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483034
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Defoe D., Robinson Crusoe. Hertford, Wordsworth Classics, 1993.
Ricketts Colin (w2427)

Ricketts Colin (w2427)

  • Description: Colin Ricketts walked across Australia, starting and finishing in Adelaide, from January 4, 2005, to January 17, 2006 (379 days, 15’430 km)
  • 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_walked_across_Australia
Riva Francesco (w2432)

Riva Francesco (w2432)

  • Description: Romina Maffeis and Francesco Riva, who set off in January 2009 from Bangkok on a tandem bicycle, headed for Origlio (Switzerland)
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
  • 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
  • Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZCJHkQnkjE
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Riva F., Maffeis R., Hello byebye, La Regione Ticino, 11.04.2009. Riva F., Maffeis R., Là dove finiva la Cina, La Regione Ticino, 07.07.2009.
Robbins Goldie Marion (w2437)

Robbins Goldie Marion (w2437)

  • Description: Goldie Robbins from Knox County, Indiana, traveled through the West and Midwest of the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. She used a mule-drawn wagon named 'Mule Train traveling America
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Yellowstone Pete
  • 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: Mule Train traveling America
Rodrigues Dora (w2443)

Rodrigues Dora (w2443)

  • Description: At only nineteen years old, the enigmatic Dora Rodrigues embarked on a walking journey around the world. She claimed to be the daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant from Amsterdam and reported that she had crossed every country in Europe on foot, as well as Egypt, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. In 1912, American newspapers published article after article about the courageous and attractive young woman who supposedly carried “a .38-caliber revolver in true Western style”. Curiously, in the preceding years, no European newspaper made any mention of her supposed trek across Europe, leaving significant doubts about the authenticity of her story
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
  • 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://globetrottermanie.nl
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Greeting from Miss Dora Rodrigues the girl from Holland on her trip around the world
Ride with Gabi (w3047)

Ride with Gabi (w3047)

  • Description: Italian globetrotter who runs a YouTube channel called Ride with Gabi - Traveling, riding bikes, and exploring the world
  • 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
  • Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/c/RidewithGabi
Rixhon M., Simoens M. (w2433)

Rixhon M., Simoens M. (w2433)

  • Description: Rixhon and Simoens engaged in what they themselves publicized as the 'Tour de France' in 1907
  • 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: M. Rixhon, M. Simoens dans leur voyage à pied 1907 - Liège-Marseilles-Bruxelles et retour
Robins Elisabeth (w2441)

Robins Elisabeth (w2441)

  • Description: Elisabeth Robins and her husband Joseph Pennell toured Italy by bicycle in 1884. She was the first woman to traverse ten Alpine passes between Switzerland, Austria, and Italy in 1887. Many other adventures are documented in their books
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1855-1936
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Pennell J., Robins E., A Canterbury pilgrimage, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1885.
Rodrigues Gottfried (w2444)

Rodrigues Gottfried (w2444)

  • Description: Gottfried Rodrigues left Amsterdam in 1909 for a journey 'Around The World On A Wager.' Without luggage and money, he traveled through Europe, the United States, Japan, China, and Siberia
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
  • 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: Around The World On A Wager

Gottfried Rodrigues, a joung adventurous newspaper man from Holland, the land of wooden shoes and windmills, arrived tonight in Ogden on his way to New York, from where, after duo training, he will endeavor to reach the Golden Gate city on the shores of the Pacific in record smashing time.

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