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- Description: In 1930, he traveled from Switzerland to Turkey and back
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Schwarz H., Vier Pferde, ein Hund und drei Soldaten: ein ritt nach Stambul und Athen, Rascher, 1937.
It was a special time, an envelope of peace in a war-weary Europe. The 1930s presented a unique opportunity for three wandering Swiss horsemen to journey across a recovering continent, a chance to see the last remnants of nineteenth century village life before it was swept away forever by the horrors of the Second World War.
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- Description: In the 1930s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach participated in several archaeological excavation campaigns in Iran and Syria. She published numerous articles about her travels in the United States; in 1939, she accompanied Ella Maillart on a long car journey that took them to India, passing through Iran and Afghanistan. She died on September 6, 1942, following a bicycle accident. In 2025, the Executive Board of UNESCO approved the inclusion of the archives of writers Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Ella Maillart in the international “Memory of the World” Register
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-1942
- 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/Annemarie_Schwarzenbach
- Multimedia: https://memobase.ch/it/recordSet/sla-001
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123368
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- Description: The young man from Leipzig embarked on a bicycle tour around the world in the early 20th century; during his journey in the East, he became friends with Karl May
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1877-
- 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
- Internet: https://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Willy_Schwiegershausen
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Auf dem Reise um die Welt, Weltwanderfahrer
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- Description: Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, known as Scipione Borghese, participated in and won the 1907 Beijing to Paris car race, accompanied for the occasion by journalist Luigi Barzini and driver Ettore Guizardi. Already in 1900, he embarked on a journey from Beirut to the Pacific Ocean, which he described in the book "In Asia: Syria, Euphrates, Babylon", published in 1903
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1871-1927
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipione_Borghese,_10th_Prince_of_Sulmona
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131481
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scipione Borghese, In Asia: Siria, Eufrate, Babilonia, 1903.
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- Description: Lucy Elisabeth Seaman Bainbridge embarked on a round-the-world journey in 1879, driven by religious motivations
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1842-1928
- 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://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seaman-721
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002.
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- Description: Robert Sexé was a French reporter, photographer and motorcyclist. In 1926, together with Henri Andrieux, he rode 35,000 km (22,000 miles) around the world on Belgian-built Gillet Herstal motorcycles, departing Paris on 14 June and arriving in Brussels on 3 December. His earlier travels in the Soviet Union in 1926, along with his use of a Gillet Herstal motorcycle and his physical resemblance to the character, are considered a likely inspiration for Hergé's Tintin — the Hergé Foundation has acknowledged that it is not hard to imagine how Hergé could have been influenced by Sexé's exploits. He wrote for La Moto, La Revue de l'Automobile and Le Petit Parisien, and his photographs and articles were published in newspapers across France and Belgium. He died in 1986 in Poitiers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sex%C3%A9
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3436287
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- Description: E. J. Seymour walked from Florida to San Francisco with the bull Billy-Bull 'A Six Legged, Four Shouldered, Double Backboned Bull'
- 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: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: A Six Legged, Four Shouldered, Double Backboned Bull
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- Description: According to Italian press reports, at the age of 76 George Bernard Shaw set out from Naples on a journey around the world. His decision was portrayed as an example of “adventurous spirit” in old age, at a time when global travel had become less extraordinary due to advances in modern transport. The article noted that Shaw had previously declared that “not even America was worth visiting,” highlighting the reversal of opinion that led him to include the United States in his route
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19185
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: La Stampa della Sera, December 20, 1932.
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- Description: Round-the-world trip started in 1910
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Around the World. Left Rochester, N.Y., march 28 - 1910. Will return Sept. 23 . 1913. Wager and diamond medal