- Description: William Francis Ainsworth was a British physician, geographer, and explorer active in the Near East during the mid-nineteenth century. He took part in the Euphrates Expedition (1835–1837), organized to assess the river’s navigability as a potential communication route between the Mediterranean and British India. Traveling through Anatolia and Mesopotamia, Ainsworth recorded geographical, geological, and archaeological observations later published in Researches in Assyria, Babylonia and Chaldaea (1838) and Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea and Armenia (1842). His work contributed to early Western knowledge of the region
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Francis_Ainsworth
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977072
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ainsworth, William Francis. Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea and Armenia. London: John W. Parker, 1842.
- Description: Philip Thicknesse was an eighteenth-century British officer, writer, and traveler. His travelogue A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain (1777) documents his journey through various regions of France and parts of Spain in 1776-1777. The book provides descriptive accounts of landscapes, architecture, customs, and daily life, while also commenting on cultural differences and the political atmosphere of the period. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the narrative offers insight into the social and economic conditions of late eighteenth-century Europe. As both personal record and cultural observation, the work captures the character of European travel during the Enlightenment era
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1719-1792
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Thicknesse
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951679
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Thicknesse, Philip. A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain. London: W. Brown, 1777.
- Description: In 1860, Edward Payson Weston made a bet: if Abraham Lincoln were elected, he would walk from Boston to Washington DC to attend the inauguration. On February 22, 1861, he started the journey, which took 10 days. The route was full of unforeseen issues and problems, causing him to lose the bet by just a few hours. However, it was a triumphant loss: welcomed by Lincoln himself, he made a living from his walks. In 1867, he reached Chicago from Portland, Maine (1'900 km) in 26 days, earning $10'000. In the 1870s, he organized several indoor events that further highlighted his abilities, becoming the first person to walk 400 miles (640 km) in 5 days and 500 miles (800 km) in 6 days. At the age of 70, he allowed himself to walk the trans-American route from New York to San Francisco, covering 4'000 miles in 104 days, 4 more than predicted in the bet. His last major challenge took place in 1913, at the age of 74: from New York to Minneapolis. In 1927, he was hit by a taxi in New York. Confined to a wheelchair, he died two years later, at the age of 90
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Pedestrian, The father of Pedestrialism
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1839-1929
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.ultrawalking.net
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344794
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Weston E. P., The pedestrian, being a correct journal of incidents on a walk from the state house, Boston, Mass., to the U.S. Capitol, at Washington, D.C., performed in ten consecutive days, between February 22d and March 4th, 1861.
He is walking from New York to Minneapolis, a distance of 1,446 miles. He expects to make it in 60 day. He is 75 years old and has covered 100.000 miles in long-distance walk in his lifetime. His greatest walk was in 1906, when he hiked clear across the American continent. Upon completion of his present walk Weston will lay the cornerstone of the new clubhouse of the Minneapolis Athletic club.
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