- Description: Vittorio Beonio Brocchieri combined his academic career with work as a pilot and foreign correspondent for Corriere della Sera in the 1930s. In 1930, he flew to Greenland in a Caproni Ca.100 biplane, where he identified human remains and climbed an area later named Brocchieridalen. Between 1931 and 1934, he undertook long-distance flights such as Milan–Baghdad, Sudan, and Rome–Irkutsk–Rome; during these journeys he also visited gold mines in Kolyma, where political prisoners were employed. His reports as aviator and correspondent were published in books including Viaggio attorno al mondo (1933), Da solo, traverso i cieli (1934), Al vento delle steppe (1935), Cieli d’Etiopia (1936), Vita selvaggia (1938), In volo traverso i secoli (1941), and Il Marco Polo (1952)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1902-1979
- 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://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Beonio_Brocchieri
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4015296
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Beonio Brocchieri Vittorio, Viaggio attorno al mondo, Milano, Mondadori, 1933. Al vento delle steppe. Beonio Brocchieri Vittorio, Il mio volo attraverso la Russia sovietica, Milano, Hoepli, 1935.
- Description: According to Libera Stampa (January 7, 1924), Antonio Federico Hauptmann, born in Brunico and with his mother living in Innsbruck, was described as a globe-trotter. He declared that he had begun his world journey in America, where he also claimed to have taken U.S. citizenship, before traveling across Europe and visiting numerous countries while collecting autographs. Later, he ventured into North Africa. From Tripoli he moved towards Misurata, but after straying into the interior he was captured by Arab rebels. Freed during the Italian advance at Seddada, he was flown to Tripoli along with other civilian prisoners
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Libera Stampa, January 7, 1924.
Un globe-trotter è stato trovato fra i prigionieri civili che le truppe italiane in Tripolitania hanno liberato nella loro ultima avanzata, occupando Seddada. Come è noto, per mezzo di aeroplani, i prigionieri liberati furono subito trasportati a Tripoli, dove l’identità dello straniero poté essere meglio accertata. È un globe-trotter: prima di andare a finire prigioniero degli arabi, aveva girato mezzo mondo ed il suo nome è Antonio Federico Hauptmann, nato a Brunico (Alto Adige); egli ha la madre domiciliata a Innsbruck.
- Description: According to the Gazzetta Ticinese of July 1, 1906, Émile Lonjumeau de Otandidier, described as a "professional globe-trotter,” passed through Lugano during a walking journey from Paris. Having crossed France, the Mont Cenis pass, and the cities of Turin and Milan, he arrived in Lugano’s main square, where his eccentric yet cheerful appearance attracted attention. Unlike other travellers, he declared that he journeyed without a female companion and was content with his solitude. His journey was reportedly motivated by a wager requiring him to return to Paris on foot within a certain period, though the newspaper declined to specify the exact time limit. The account also remarked that, unlike many globe-trotters of the era, he asked for no money from the editors, which earned him the description of a “respectable” traveller
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, July 1, 1906.
Un globe-trotter. Abbiamo ricevuto oggi in Redazione la visita di Monsieur Emile Lonjumeau de Otandidier, globe-trotter professionale.
- Description: According to Gazzetta Ticinese (April 9, 1932), Zygmunt Krawczykowsky, a Polish traveller, embarked on a world tour with the aim of building a collection of medals and autographs from prominent figures. Coming from Italy, which he described enthusiastically, he reported having received around one hundred gold and silver medals. He carried several albums, one for each country visited, in which he gathered the signatures of political and religious leaders, including the head of the Italian government and the Pope, whom he said had received him
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Poland, Polonia, Polonie
- 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: Gazzetta Ticinese, April 9, 1932.
Un giramondo eccezionale. È passato da noi, ieri mattina, Zygmunt Krawczykowsky, un polacco che ha intrapreso il giro del mondo con lo scopo di costituirsi una collezione di medaglie ed autografi di uomini illustri. Veniva dall’Italia, di cui si è dimostrato entusiasta, dove gli sono state offerte un centinaio di medaglie d’oro e d’argento.
- Description: Luigi Pasta, from Turin and a member of the Turin Walking Society, undertook to walk around Italy while pushing a wheelbarrow. The planned route was about 3,000 km (1,860 miles). The peculiar challenge lay in the rule that Pasta could never abandon the wheelbarrow, which had to remain with him while eating and sleeping, serving as a symbolic “snail’s shell.” He was accompanied by Giuseppe Ferino, tasked with monitoring him and helping to raise funds by selling illustrated postcards
- 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: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, July 9, 1923.
3000 chilometri spingendo una cariola. Globe-trotter ne abbiamo visti e ne vediamo tutti i giorni: sportsmen che fanno chi il giro del mondo in aeroplano, chi in auto e chi anche, più comodamente, in un lussuoso yacht. Ma fare il giro d’Italia a piedi spingendo una carriola e guadagnandosi il vitto — non diciamo l’alloggio, perché nell’estate l’albergo della luna o quello delle stelle è sempre gratuito — non è cosa troppo comune né tanto facile.
- Description: According to an article published in Giornale del Popolo on December 1, 1932, Antonio Kundiger was a German traveller who undertook journeys on foot, by bicycle, and later by motorcycle. The same source reports that his most recent raid was from Paris to Tokyo, covering about 55,000 km (34,200 miles) across the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Persia, India, Indochina, and China. The newspaper also noted that from his travels he had assembled a collection of autographs in twenty volumes, including signatures of rulers, politicians, writers, artists, and industrialists
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giornale del Popolo, December 1, 1932.
Un globe-trotter eccezionale - Si trova da due giorni nella nostra città il germanico Antonio Kundiger, che è stato protagonista di viaggi veramente eccezionali attraverso i vari continenti, dapprima a piedi, poi in bicicletta o da ultimo in motocicletta.
- Description: According to Gazzetta Ticinese (May 24, 1924), engineer Fibinger (whose name may also appear as Fiebinger) was described as a globe-trotter attempting a round-the-world journey on foot. He set out from San Francisco in 1908 and reached the Dardanelles, where he took part in the First World War by enlisting with the Central Powers. He remained there for four years, suffering several wounds. After resuming his walk, he endured another accident in Tyrol, where he was buried for several hours under an avalanche, an incident confirmed by the Austrian police. By the time he reached Lugano, he claimed to have walked about 68,000 km (42,250 miles), and planned to continue via Chiasso to Genoa. He aimed to return to San Francisco within two and a half years in order to win a 40,000-dollar wager with a Californian club, which required him to complete the journey by December 1928
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Fibuiger
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, may 24, 1924.
Globetrotter di passaggio. Abbiamo avuto stamane la visita del globe-trotter sig. ing. Fibinger, il quale si propone di compiere il giro del mondo a piedi.
- Description: According to a newspaper report, Mr. Radoikowich, a journalist by profession, set himself the goal of travelling around the world on foot and without money. At the time of the article, he had already visited Montenegro, Hungary, Austria, Dalmatia, and Italy, and was preparing to continue through Switzerland, France, and beyond, with the intention of completing the journey by 1915
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, Juin 17, 1911.
Un giornalista globe-trotter. Un collega in giornalismo, il sig. Radoikowich, si è prefisso lo scopo di fare il giro del mondo a piedi e senza un soldo! Ha già visitato il Montenegro, l’Ungheria, l’Austria, la Dalmazia, l’Italia; ora si accinge a visitare la Svizzera, la Francia ecc. ecc., per terminare il giro del mondo col 1915. Gli abbiamo fatto un mondo di complimenti e di auguri e l’abbiamo assicurato che, da parte nostra, non avrà mai dei competitori.
Gazzetta Ticinese, 17 giugno 1911
- Description: Elzéar Duquette was a Canadian long-distance walker, nicknamed the “King of the Walk.” For more than forty years, he covered thousands of kilometres on foot across Canada and beyond. Between 1969 and 1976 he undertook round trips from Montreal to Vancouver, Tokyo, and Paris, covering more than 37,000 km (23,000 miles). He travelled with a small cart, which he called his “coffin,” using it both to sleep in and to carry his belongings. He supported himself by selling souvenirs and through television appearances, becoming a well-known popular figure in Quebec during the 1970s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: King of the Walk
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1910-1988
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elzear_Duquette
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16209712
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Montreal Gazette, Juin 18, 1976.
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