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- 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
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- Description: In his postcard, Kallekad states his intention to walk around the world, starting in Hamburg
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- 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: Rund um die Welt; durch den Verkauf dieser Karten, angefangen zu Fuss ab Hamburg
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- Description: In his postcard, De Francisci asks for support for his endeavor: cycling around the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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: Signore, Sono un ex corridore ciclista italiano, mi ha creato orfano, e sordo muto, colpito da malattia di meningite, e per mancanza di mezzi finanziari faccio il Giro del Globo con la mia fida bicicletta. Prego acquistare una cartolina e oggetti a ricordo, ringraziando chi lo aiuterà in quest'impresa. Viva lo Sport Italiano in tutto il mondo. F. De Francisci
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- Description: In their postcard, the two blind globetrotters claim they want to walk around France in two years, starting in January 1929 from Paris
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Un tour de forceü Deux aveugles ont entrepris d'effectuer seuls le Tour de France. Cet immense parcours leur coûtera environ deux années d'efforts. Départ de Paris: janvier 1929. Nombre de départements à traverser: cinquante
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- Description: Aidan De Brune undertook a walk across Australia, covering a distance of approximately 1'200 kilometers from Adelaide to Sydney. The journey took several weeks, encountering various weather conditions and terrains
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Aidan de Brune
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1874-1946
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
- Internet: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks19/1901261h.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58456653
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Aidan de Brune, Record Diary of a Walk Around Australia, A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook, 2018.
Travelling towards us at the average rate of between 15 to 20 miles a day is a compact [soorage pacnet] of dynamic force known as Aidan de Brune. This extraordinary human machine has covered thousands of miles in his walk round Australia, and is now on the home stretch, somewhere along the coast of the Great Australian Bight, approaching South Australia's western border.
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- Description: Marcello Anglana, from Lecce, set off on his Honda Gold Wing 1500, covering 34'000 km with a budget of 10'000 euros, crossing five continents in 83 days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Gold-wing
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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://www.gold-wing.it
- Multimedia: https://www.motociclismo.it/una-honda-gold-wing-come-compagna-di-viaggio-moto-53785
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marcello Anglana, Italia-Giappone e ritorno. 34.000 km in moto in due mesi, Edizioni Antilia sas; 1° edizione (11 marzo 2012)
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- Description: Adam Swanson from Minnesota (USA) embarked on a remarkable journey on the road with his bike
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: acrosstheworldbybike
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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
- Internet: https://twowheelsoneworld.org
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- Description: Italian globetrotter who runs a YouTube channel called Ride with Gabi - Traveling, riding bikes, and exploring the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/c/RidewithGabi
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- Description: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Peter Fleming (1907–1971) was a British adventurer, journalist, soldier, and travel writer, also known as the elder brother of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. The son of Valentine Fleming, a lawyer and Member of Parliament, Peter was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he excelled both academically and as a contributor to the Eton College Chronicle. Peter's adventurous spirit led him in 1932 to join an expedition to Brazil in response to an advertisement in The Times, seeking the missing Colonel Percy Fawcett. Despite challenges and disagreements within the group, Fleming’s journey through Brazil was eventful, culminating in a race to be the first to report back home. His experiences were recounted in his popular book Brazilian Adventure. Fleming’s travels extended to Asia, where he journeyed from Moscow to Beijing, crossing diverse landscapes and interviewing prominent figures. His observations—at times critical of the places he visited—were detailed in his books One’s Company and News from Tartary
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1907-1971
- 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/Peter_Fleming_(writer)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2605075
He travelled widely in far places;
Wrote, and was widely read.
Soldiered, saw some of danger's faces,
Came home to Nettlebed.