• Description: Bartolomeo Cometti and Luigi Francesco Gazzone were Italian motorists from the Ossola Valley, Piedmont. On 22 November 1932 they departed on a world tour aboard a small car they named "Caravella", a modified Temperino vehicle. Their documented route covered northern Italy, southern France, the Spanish Mediterranean coast as far as Gibraltar, and North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia). The journey continued through Africa and Asia, with a return to Europe in 1939. They financed the journey by selling 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: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Il 'raid' degli ossolani Cometti e Gazzone." Il Popolo dell'Ossola, 1933.
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Cometti Bartolomeo e Gazzone Luigi; Due giovani sportivi italiani, in viaggio di studio attorno al mondo, trovandosi di passaggio in questa nobile città offrono a voi questa cartolina sicuri che vorrete loro regalare qualche cosa per aiutarli a coprire le spese di viaggio. Il loro libro di controllo, che è a vostra disposizione testimonia i paesi già visitati. Vivi ringraziamenti
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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