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- Description: Giorgio Bettinelli, a precursor of Vespa enthusiasts, embarked on various adventures using this iconic scooter. A successful writer, he passionately narrated his exploits. In 1992, he started from Mentana (near Rome) to Saigon, traveling 24'000 kilometers in seven months, a journey described in his 1997 bestseller "In Vespa. Da Roma a Saigon." His second trip from Anchorage to Tierra del Fuego spanned 36'000 kilometers from 1994 to 1995. The third journey connected Melbourne to Cape Town, covering 52'000 km in exactly one year from September 1995 to 1996. His fourth, the Worldwide Odyssey, was a three-year global tour from October 1997 to May 2001, spanning 144'000 km from Tierra del Fuego to Tasmania. He detailed these journeys in "Brum Brum. 254'000 kilometers in Vespa," published in 2002 by Feltrinelli. In 2005, the same publisher released "Rhapsody In Black. In Vespa dall'Angola allo Yemen," covering his travels in Central and Southern Africa. His final journey took place in China, where he had relocated and married. Documented in "La Cina in Vespa," this trip occurred in 2006. Bettinelli passed away suddenly in Jinghong, China, on September 16, 2008, at the age of 53
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Vespaman
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1955-2008
- 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://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Bettinelli
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3765290
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bettinelli G., In Vespa, Da Roma a Saigon, Milano: Feltrinelli, 2003.
La notizia arrivata dal Sud della Cina ha colpito improvvisamente tutto il grande "popolo dei viaggiatori": il 16 settembre ci ha lasciati Giorgio Bettinelli, vinto da un'infezione sulle rive del Mekong. Giorgio, meglio conosciuto come lo Scrittore-in-Vespa e spesso affettuosamente soprannominato "Vespista per Caso" era forse uno degli ultimi grandi avventurieri-esploratori esistenti, quelli che - per intenderci - fanno del viaggio la missione della propria vita e trovano realizzazione nell'incontro con altri popoli, culture e luoghi.
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- Description: Robert Garside entered the Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. He left on October 20, 1997, from New Delhi (India), and returned there on June 13, 2003, after covering 30'000 miles and crossing 29 countries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Runningman
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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
- Internet: http://www.robertgarside.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7344684
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- Description: On October 15, 1923, three members of the Bombay Weightlifting Club, Adi B. Hakim, Jal P. Bapasola, and Rustom B. Bhumgara, embarked on a round-the-world bicycle tour. They covered a route of 44'000 miles in three years and three months. Their adventure was chronicled in a book, still available in a recently published version, titled "The World on a Bicycle"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- 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: Noble cycle & motor Co. - This Royal bassett (?) bicycle was used by the world tourists in their tour round the world. The machine has done 40.000 miles
Just in their twenties and living off a shoestring budget, three young Parsis, one from Baroda, ventured on the first ever trip around the world on bicycles on October 15, 1923. The trio covered 44,000 miles in three years and three months across 27 countries and four continents. On their return, Adi Hakim from Vadodara, Jal Bapasola from Mumbai and Rustom Bhumgara from Pune, who later became a freedom fighter, wrote a book of their memoirs from the epic journey, of which but a few copies still exist. The original book includes a foreword by Jawarharlal Nehru and comments from leaders around the world like Benito Mussolini and Calvin Coolidge.”
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- Description: Emma Rowena Gatewood was a notable hiker. In 1955, at the age of 67, she became the first woman to hike the 3'489 kilometers (2'168 miles) of the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, in one season and solo. She repeated this feat in 1960 and 1963, also walking the Oregon Trail and visiting every continental state in the United States on foot
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Grandma Gatewood
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1887-1973
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Gatewood
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595463
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gatewood Sullivan L., Rowena Caldwell Gatewood E., Pagyn Alexander, Grandma Gatewood walks across America, Pine Needle Press, 1993.
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- Description: Departing from Valentino on April 16, 2011, Diego Mariani and Marco Lugliengo were headed to Australia on Vespa
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Starwaytosidney
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
Pronti a partire: un rapido bilancio dei risparmi per stabilire il budget (6-7 mila euro); vaccinazioni (almeno quindici); percorso (Italia, Albania, Grecia, Turchia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Australia), permessi e soprattutto il mezzo. «Uno scooter. La sua lentezza permette di attraversare un Paese con tutti i sensi ed è straordinario perché ti entra nella pelle e non te lo scordi più. Lo racconteremo ogni lunedì a mezzogiorno su Radio Flash».
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- Description: Raffaele Gatti left Milan in 1895 bound for the Arctic Circle. He cycled solo for 8,000 kilometers, taking three months to return to the Lombard capital
- 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: Europe, Europa
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- Description: In the 1930s, Fred Birchmore embarked on a round-the-world bicycle journey, covering approximately 25'000 miles. The stories from his trip are detailed in the book "Around the World on a Bicycle". Fred named his bicycle "Bucephalus," after Alexander the Great's horse. In 1939, he rode from Athens to New York, a distance of 12'000 miles, on a bicycle he named "Pegasus." Both bicycles have become part of the collection at the Smithsonian Institute
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fred-birchmores-amazing-bicycle-trip-around-the-world-1462409/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Birchmore F. A., Around the world on a bicycle, Cucumber Island Storytellers, 1996.
Fred Birchmore’s Amazing Bicycle Trip Around the World. The American cyclist crossed paths with Sonja Henje and Adolf Hitler as he transversed the globe on Bucephalus, his trusty bike
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- Description: Francesco Gemelli Carreri began his around-the-world journey in 1693, returning after a five-and-a-half-year voyage. This journey, undertaken as an end in itself and carried out with makeshift means, rightfully places him in the list of globetrotters
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1651-1725
- 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/Giovanni_Francesco_Gemelli_Careri
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526119
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gemelli Careri F., Giro del mondo, Napoli, 1699.
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- Description: Isabella Bird was a renowned British explorer, writer, and photographer of the 19th century. Born in 1831, she began traveling for health reasons and became known for her journeys to remote locations. She visited America, Australia, India, the Middle East, the Far East, and Africa. In 1856, Isabella Bird published The Englishwoman in America, the first of what would be many books of her travels around the world. Adopting a tone of aloof bemusement, she describes in detail the hardships and annoyances of her travels by sea from England to Halifax, and on the road to Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The book's 20 chapters are full of keenly observed and entertainingly told stories of pickpockets and luggage thieves, greasy hotels, and Americans who are very polite, but have the unfortunate habit of spitting on the floor. Isabella Bird's A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains documents her travels through the Rocky Mountains in 1873. The book is composed of letters written by Bird to her sister during her journey. She provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, wildlife, and the rugged conditions of the frontier areas of Colorado. Bird also recounts her encounters with various people, including miners and pioneers, and details her experiences with the unique challenges posed by the harsh and often unpredictable mountain environment. Among her most famous works is "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan", an account of her travels in Japan. Bird was the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Geographical Society. She passed away in 1904, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential travelers of her time
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1831-1904
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2999096/How-Victorian-adventuress-Isabella-Bird-braved-wars-survived-malaria-ignored-scorn-countrymen-best-selling-travel-writer-photojournalist.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288210
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bird I., Isabella Bird, Una lady nel West: tra pionieri, serpenti e banditi sulle Montagne Rocciose, EDT, 1998. Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002.
Life of a Victorian adventuress: Incredible story of clergyman's daughter who braved malaria, floods and wars to trek across China