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- Description: Erwin George “Cannonball” Baker was a motorcyclist, car racer, and organizer famed for setting over 140 point‑to‑point records. His most celebrated run occurred in 1933 when he drove from New York City to Los Angeles in 53.5 hours (approx. 2,276 km /1,414 miles) in a Graham‑Paige Model 57 Blue Streak 8—a record that stood for nearly 30 years until 1964. In 1941, he completed a trouble‑free 6,517 miles (10,488 km) run in a Crosley Covered Wagon, to demonstrate its fuel economy and reliability. These drives inspired the later Cannonball Baker Sea‑to‑Shining‑Sea Memorial Trophy Dash - better known as the “Cannonball Run” - which itself inspired multiple films and a TV series
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Cannonball Baker
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1882-1960
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Baker
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3732687
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- Description: Mildred Lisette Norman, known as Peace Pilgrim, was an American pacifist. In 1952, she became the first woman to thru-hike the entire Appalachian Trail in a single season. On January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name Peace Pilgrim and embarked on a peace pilgrimage on foot - traveling across the United States for the next 28 years, with no possessions, no money, and no organizational support. She accepted food and shelter only when offered, having sworn to “walk until humanity has learned the way of peace”. In 1964 she stopped counting miles but had already walked over 25,000 mi (~ 40,000 km). She died on July 7, 1981, in a car accident while on her seventh cross‑country journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Peace Pilgrim
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-1981
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://www.peacepilgrim.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817496
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Vidette-Messenger, July 8, 1981.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: 25,000 Miles On Foot For Peace
IT WAS only at this time, in 1953, that I felt guided or called or motivated to begin my pilgrimage for peace in the world - a journey undertaken traditionally. The tradition of pilgrimage is a journey undertaken on foot and on faith, prayerfully and as an opportunity to contact people. I wear a lettered tunic in order to contact people. It says 'PEACE PILGRIM' on the front. I feel that's my name now - it emphasizes my mission instead of me. And on the back it says '25,000 MILES ON FOOT FOR PEACE.' The purpose of the tunic is merely to make contacts for me. Constantly as I walk along the highways and through the cities, people approach me and I have a chance to talk with them about peace.
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- Description: Konstantin Konstantinovich Rengarten was a Russian journalist, writer, and traveler known as the first person to complete a pedestrian circumnavigation of the globe. He commenced his journey on August 15, 1894, from Riga and finished on September 27, 1898 — spanning 4 years, 1 month, and 13 days and covering approximately 26,876 km (16’700 miles). Along the way, he wrote articles and reports for several German-language newspapers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Russia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1864-1906
- 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://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Rengarten
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4393226
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- Description: William Chadeayne was an American early long-distance motorcyclist from Buffalo, New York, and an officer of the Thomas Auto-Bi Company. Between 13 September and 30 October 1905, he rode a Thomas Auto-Bi motorcycle from New York City to San Francisco in 47.5 days, setting a new transcontinental record for North America and bettering the previous record of 51 days set by George A. Wyman in 1903. Describing the roads east of the Mississippi as "unspeakably vile — seas of mud or oceans of sand", he was forced to ride on railroad tracks for six or seven hundred miles due to the absence of passable roads; near Ogden, Utah, he was nearly killed by a train
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chadeayne
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55637697
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- Description: Cathy Birchall was the first blind woman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle. Riding pillion on a 1990 BMW R100RT with her partner Bernard Smith, she covered 26,385 miles (42,500 km), crossing 31 countries across five continents between August 2008 and 2009
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1957-2013
- 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/Cathy_Birchall
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053387
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Birchall, Cathy, e Bernard Smith. Touching The World: A Blind Woman, Two Wheels and 25,000 Miles. Panther Publishing, 2012.
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- Description: Bessie Stringfield was a pioneering African-American motorcyclist and the first woman to ride solo across all 48 contiguous U.S. states. Starting in 1930, she embarked on eight long-distance solo trips - often on unpaved roads - riding a 1928 Indian Scout and later Harley-Davidsons
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Motorcycle Queen of Miami
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Stringfield
- Multimedia: https://bessiefilm.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896493
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- Description: John Paul Gerber was an author, historian, librarian, and motorcyclist. Enthusiastic about European scooters such as Vespas, Lambrettas, and Heinkels, he amassed over 412,000 km (about 256,000 mi) of travel across five continents. He rode his first scooter at age 14 and had covered almost 40,000 km in North America by age 21. In 1966, he undertook a roughly 18,000 km round trip from Minnesota to Panama on a Vespa GS 160. In 1971, he completed a solo journey of 40,000 km from Wisconsin down the east coast of South America to Tierra del Fuego, and back up the west coast; his trip toward Alaska was cut short due to a collision in Hayward, California
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1945–2010
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Gerber
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252201
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- Description: Zoltán Sulkowsky and Gyula Bartha were Hungarian long‑distance motorcyclists who completed a motorcycle journey around the world between 1928 and 1936. Over eight years, they covered approximately 170,000 km (105,600 miles) on a Harley‑Davidson with sidecar, visiting 68 countries across six continents. The journey received widespread media attention: in 1935, they arrived in London and were covered by British, American, Singaporean, and Indian press
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Hungary, Ungheria, Hongrie
- 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/Zolt%C3%A1n_Sulkowsky_and_Gyula_Bartha
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17023152
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The New York Times, January 27, 1932. Sulkowsky, Zoltán. Around the World on a Motorcycle: 1928 to 1936. Whitehorse Press, 2008.
TWO ON MOTORCYCLE HERE ON WORLD TOUR; Students Started From Budapest in 1928 -- Have Visited 43 Lands and Gone 65,000 Miles.
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- Description: George Adams Wyman was the first person to make a transcontinental crossing of the United States by motor vehicle. In 1903, he covered some 6,100 km (3,800 miles) in 51 days, departing San Francisco on May 16 and arriving in New York City on July 6. He rode a motorized bicycle fitted with a 200 cc engine, frequently following railroad tracks and tackling rough terrain along with improvised repairs. His journey preceded by 20 days the first automobile crossing by Horatio N. Jackson
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: George A. Wyman
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1877–1959
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://wymanmemorialproject.blogspot.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5536022
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wyman, George A. “Across America On A Motor Bicycle”. The Motorcycle, Volume 1, Issue 1 (June 1903).
After riding two days and a night under leg power or rather over it, I reached New York in the middle of the afternoon on July 6. I made frequent stops to rest and I attracted more than a little attention but I was too tired to care.