- Description: In his postcard, Jean Domingo Laveria states his intention to undertake a 14-year round-the-world journey, financing his travels through the sale of postcards
- 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: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Tour du monde en... 14 ans
- Description: In his postcard, Carlo Auer claims to embark on a round-the-world journey that started in Graz (Austria) on March 2, 1923
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- 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: A piedi intorno al mondo - Carlo Auer, studente di scienze commerciali, maestro onorario dei perlustratori portoghesi, da 23 mesi in cammino, 18'500 chilometri già percorsi. Desideroso di conoscere e di studiare il commercio, l'industria e l'agricoltura del mondo intero, la vita sociale e nazionale dei diversi popoli, ho cominciato il 2 marzo 1923, partendo dalla città di Graz (Austria), questo viaggio per una durata di sette anni. Ho attraversato l'Austria, la Jugoslavia, l'Italia, la Francia meridionale, tutta la Spagna, il Portogallo, il Marocco Spagnuolo, la Corsica. Continuerò il mio viaggio per il sud dell'Italia e i Balcani. Soltanto dalla vendita del mio ritratto io traggo sussidi, come pure dai doni che mi possono venir fatti dalle autorità, dai consolati ed altri analoghi organismi, ai quali sempre mi presento per il controllo del mio viaggio
- Description: Portrayed with his dog, Georges Drahcelf, according to his postcard, embarked on a walking tour of Europe
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Tour d'Europe Pédestre par Georges Drahcelf, 35.000 kilomètres à faire en 2 ans aux conditions suivantes: sans argent, ne devant vivre que du produit de la vente de cette carte. Parti de Liège le 24 février 1913, ayant actuellement 13.000 kilomètres de parcours en Bélgique, suisse, Italie, Autriche, Hongrie, Allemagne. Récompense promise: 25.000 francs
- Description: In April 1933, a trio from Mumbai embarked on a nine-year expedition covering over 50'000 miles. They were among the first cyclists to ride through Afghanistan, which was isolated at the time. These adventurers were also present at the Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg and were among the first to cycle across the territories of Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Round the world on push-bikes
When Kaikee Kharas, Rustam Ghandhi and Rutton Shroff were lost in the snow-clad mountains of Afghanistan in the mid 1930s on a nine-year cycling expedition around the world, they knocked on the door of a shepherd asking for food and shelter. The herdsman shared his humble meal with them and provided them place to sleep in, but was nowhere to be seen next morning. When the trio went looking for him in the snowy wastes, they found him deep in slumber and nearly dead. They had to rub his limbs and revive him.
- Description: The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was a historic event that took place in 1924, when four Douglas World Cruiser aircraft from the United States Army Air Service completed an incredible journey around the globe. Departing from Seattle, the brave crews faced enormous challenges, flying over distances never before covered by aircraft. The route included stops in Alaska, Japan, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, and across the Atlantic, before returning to the United States. After 175 days and over 27'000 miles, only two of the four aircraft completed the journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Plane, Aeroplano, Avion
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492508
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Douglas World Cruisers – first to circumnavigate the globe
Pilots of the 1924 Round The World Flight
- Description: In 1921, Thomas Drake sailed solo along the Pacific coast from Seattle to the Galapagos. The boat, manned by this spry sixty-year-old, was supposed to continue towards Cape Horn, but a theft committed by local natives prevented Drake from continuing his journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Pacific Ocean, Pacifico, Pacifique
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- Description: In 1891, Sylvain Dornon, a baker from Arcachon (France), traveled the route from Paris to Moscow using 1.20 m stilts. The journey of 1,830 miles was covered in 50 stages, averaging 36.6 miles per day. Dornon's aim was to reach the Franco-Russian Exhibition in Moscow, departing on March 12, 1891, from Place de la Concorde in Paris dressed as a shepherd from Landes. L'Illustration funded the project. The acrobat passed through Paris, Reims, Sedan, Luxembourg, Coblentz, Berlin, Wilna, and Moscow, where he arrived on May 10
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1858-1900
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Stilts, Trampoli, Echasses
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Dornon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3506981
Sylvain Dornon établit à tout jamais la réputation des Landais en montant sur ses échasses jusqu'au deuxième étage de la Tour Eiffel lors de l'Exposition universelle de 1889. Cette démonstration était en fait une affirmation d'identité, au moment de l'extinction du système agro-pastoral dans les Landes de Gascogne.
- Description: In the early 1900s, J. B. Doussineau traveled with his camel from Marseille to Paris
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Others, Altri, Autres
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Un globe-trotter fin de siècle - Sa petite famille et son Château roulant. Ex-boulanger victime de la Compagnie de l'Ouest, sans indemnité et sans aucun secours de l'Assistance Publique a fait le voyage de Marseille à Paris à dos de dromedaire et a subi, le 29 janvier 1911, l'opération de la laparotomie, Hôtel-Dieu, Salle Saint-Côme
Les légendes des photos varies, des fois, voyage de Marseille à Paris, d’autres fois de Vichy à Paris. Certaines aussi sont nommés « en Algérie à la recherche du chameau » alors que les mêmes photographies sont également nommés « sur le parcours » (de Marseille -ou Vichy- a Paris).
- Description: Marianne du Toit is a South African adventurer known for completing a 21-month journey on horseback and on foot from Argentina to New York. Inspired by Aimé Félix Tschiffely's journey from 1925 to 1928, she embarked on this journey despite her limited Spanish knowledge and scant horse-riding experience
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: South Africa, Sudafrica, Afrique du Sud
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1970-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Du Toit M., Crying with Cockroaches: Argentina to New York with Two Horses, Liendi Publishers, 2007.
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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