"Tutto ebbe inizio sul finir dell'estate del 1997", così l'autore ci introduce al racconto di un viaggio meraviglioso, attraverso il continente eurasiatico «sulle ali di un Ape».

William Brown, globetrotter extraordinaire accompanied by a New Foundland dog a female wolf and pup, arrived in the city at about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon and registered at the Myers house, where he spent the night. Brown, who is about thirty years old and talks with a slight German accent, is from Nome, Alaska.

Né le 11 novembre 1937 à Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val de Marne) d’un père casanier originaire d’une ferme en Auvergne et d’une mère parisienne qui avait le goût du voyage. Mes premiers souvenirs de la vie sont ceux d’un monde en guerre. Ce qui explique peut-être ma vie sur la route, cette quête menée sur le terrain pour savoir si les hommes seront un jour capables d’établir la paix.

Arthur Burgess, chief of the Boy Scout patrol of North Providence, R. I., walking to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Krancisco, left New York yesterday.

Frederick Burnaby was born in Bedford on the 3rd March 1842. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Harrow. In 1859 he joined the Royal Horse Guards and was made Colonel in 1881.

Bicycle - H. Bassett & Co, Melbourne, George Burston, 1888. High wheel bicycle of the 'ordinary' or 'spider' type with a 1.422m (56-inch) wheel. This 'Victory' model was assembled in Melbourne from imported components by Henry Bassett & Co. of 4 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1888-89. The frame was nickel-plated. This bicycle was used by Melbourne Bicycle Club member (later President) George Burston on a round-the-world' bicycle journey in 1889-90.