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- Description: Between 1890 and 1901, Jesse Brandani from Turin walked 140'000 km in ten years around the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Célèbre troubadour globe-trotter
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1851-1938
- 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://www.bfscollezionidigitali.org/entita/14985-brandani-jesse
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le globe trotter troubadour Jesse, tué à Turin en 1901 en route pour le ciel où il n'y pas de change
Tutti conoscono le peripezie del podista Jesse Brandani di Pontedera, che avendo divisato di andare a piedi al polo nord, alla ricerca dei superstiti della Stella Polare della spedizione del duca degli Abruzzi, venne messo in prigione a Trieste, perché scambiato per un anarchico pericoloso.
Almanacco italiano, 1904
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- Description: A journey lasting 5 years through Germany and Austria, between 1930 and 1935
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten auf ihrer 5 jährigen Reise durch Deutschland und Oesterreich. Anfang dieser Reise: Mai 1930 - Ende: 1935
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- Description: Julius Brittiebank, an American traveler from South Carolina, was described in early 20th-century French press as the “king of globe-trotters”. At 73, he had already completed thirteen journeys around the world, a record at the time. His travels began the very year of his marriage, about half a century earlier, when he set off on his honeymoon without his wife, though with her consent. Each return was joyously celebrated by his wife and son before he was seized again by the fever of departure. Brittiebank declared that “never the slightest cloud has disturbed the serenity of our marriage”. His adventures, costing him roughly $10,000 annually, were recounted for weeks to his family and friends until his next departure
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1937
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: La Gazette du Nord, November 19, 1932.
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- Description: In the early 1900s, as indicated on his postcard, Albert Brochart walked the route from Paris to Constantinople, covering a total of 6'784 kilometers. In 1906, he departed from Monaco to set a record over 5'000 kilometers, aiming to complete it in 100 days
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Marcheur français, Paris-Vienne-Constantinople-Vienne-Paris, 6784 kilomètres en 183 jours. Ein grosser Rekord zu Fuss! 5000 Kilom. zu fuss in 100 tagen, Durchschnittsleistung: 50 Kilom. per Tag. Abg. München am 8 Januar 1906, Ank. München am 20. April 1906. reiseroute: München, Stuttgart, Strassburg, Frankfurt, Cöln, Bremen, Hamburg, Stettin, Danzig, Königsberg, Posen, Breslau, dresden, Nürnberg, München. Albert Brochart, rekord-Strecke Linz-Salzburg und zurück, von 15.-17.XII.1905, 251 Kilom. zu Fuss in 2 1/2 Tagen
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- Description: In the 1910s, Mr. Brown departed from Newfoundland for Los Angeles in a four-wheeled cart pulled by four dogs. In another postcard, Brown claims to be engaged in a 25'000-mile journey to return to Alaska
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: From Newfoundland to Los Angeles at an average of 45 miles per day. William Brown and pet wolf and pups on a 25000 mile hike for $10000 wager. Returning to Alaska. Accompanied by a Newfoundland dog and a female wolf. Brown is from Nome, Alaska. He left that territory six years ago on a $10,000 wager that he would traverse 25,000 miles in the United States, either by foot or by means of a sledge pulled by his animal companions, the sale of souvenir postcards of himself being his only means of sustenance and return within seven years with either the same wolf or one of her pups in his possession
William Brown, globetrotter extraordinaire accompanied by a New Foundland dog a female wolf and pup, arrived in the city at about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon and registered at the Myers house, where he spent the night. Brown, who is about thirty years old and talks with a slight German accent, is from Nome, Alaska.
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- Description: Stanisław Bujakowski (born 10 March 1906, Druskininkai) and Halina Korolec-Bujakowska (born 8 October 1907, Vilnius) were a Polish couple who undertook their honeymoon journey by motorcycle from Druskininkai - then eastern Poland, now Lithuania - to Shanghai, China. On 19 August 1934 they departed on a BSA two-cylinder motorcycle with a sidecar, Stanisław riding and Halina travelling as passenger and chronicler, carrying a typewriter throughout the journey. After 19 months and approximately 24,000 km through Poland, Germany, Austria, the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Persia, India, Burma and Indochina, they reached Shanghai on 15 March 1936. Stanisław remained in Shanghai as a war correspondent covering the Sino-Japanese conflict; Halina returned to Poland in 1937. The motorcycle was left behind in China. Their accounts were published in the Polish press during the journey - in the Kurier Wileński, Świat, Times of India and South China Morning Post - and Halina's diary was eventually published in Poland in 2011
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Poland, Polonia, Pologne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Asia
- Internet: https://lukaszwierzbicki.pl/ksiazki/moj-chlopiec-motor-i-ja/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Korolec-Bujakowska, Halina. Mój chłopiec, motor i ja. Z Druskiennik do Szanghaju 1934-1936. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo WAB, 2011.
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- Description: At the age of 17, Arthur Burgess embarked on the Providence to San Francisco crossing. He did this on the occasion of the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1898-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
Arthur Burgess, chief of the Boy Scout patrol of North Providence, R. I., walking to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Krancisco, left New York yesterday.
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- Description: Frederick Burnaby, a British Army officer and adventurer of the 19th century, is renowned for his daring travels. Among his most notable exploits was his journey to Mongolia in 1875, undertaken on horseback during the harsh winter, traversing Europe and Asia. Burnaby also traveled in Turkey, exploring Anatolia and documenting his experience in the book "A Ride to Khiva". His adventures made him a popular hero in England, thanks to his skill in recounting his experiences with vivid and engaging details
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1842-1885
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Burnaby
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452891
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Burnaby F., A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia, Cosimo, Inc., 2007.
Frederick Burnaby was born in Bedford on the 3rd March 1842. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Harrow. In 1859 he joined the Royal Horse Guards and was made Colonel in 1881.
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- Description: Burnest Heard, who called himself the "World's Greatest Lover", embarked on a remarkable journey, walking from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS and back. Starting on June 1, 1937, he completed the first leg of his trip in 19 months, arriving in Halifax in December 1939. To emphasize that he did not hitchhike, Heard pushed a 150-pound oil drum across the country. He financed his journey by selling postcards of himself for 10 cents each, claiming to have sold 18'000, and paid for his own accommodations and meals. After resting in Halifax, he began his return trip on February 1, 1940, taking nearly three years to get back to Vancouver in December 1942. His first cross-country journey was extensively covered in newspapers across the US and Canada, whereas his return journey received attention only in the Canadian media
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
- 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: Canada
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Burnest Heard is the World greatest lover on a Walk across Canada, Vancouver to Halifax