- Description: Born in Milan on May 13, 1982, after graduating with a degree in Economics, he worked for nearly four years as an employee in the commercial office of a foundry in Modena. In May 2010, using the savings from his job, he set off on an 82'000-kilometer journey around the American continent on a 1970 Vespa Sprint Veloce. Alone and without sponsors, in total freedom. Upon his return, he published 21 Americas, which recounts the episodes and encounters that inevitably occurred over eighteen months of travel
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Vespanda
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1982-
- 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://www.vespanda.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/@Vespanda
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lavarra Ilario. 2019. 21 Americhe : Viaggio in Solitaria Su Una Vecchia Vespa. Roma: Ultra.
- Description: In 1998, Benoît Lecompte became the first daring individual to swim across the Atlantic. He covered the 5'500 km that separate France from the United States in 74 days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1967-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Swimming, A nuoto, A la nage
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantico, Atlantique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Lecomte
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1771229
- Description: On August 1, 1999, Polly Letofsky left Colorado (USA) to embark on a 5-year journey around the world. She returned home on July 30, 2004, after walking 22'730 kilometers (14'124 miles) and raising $250'000 for cancer research. Polly became the first woman to officially walk around the world
- 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
- Internet: http://www.pollyletofsky.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Letofsky Polly, 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World, Globalwalk Press, 2013.
- Description: The two globetrotters traverse Mexico on a Lambretta and then Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Still on two wheels, they face the tropical forest, climb the mountains of the Andes range, surpass the Bolivian highlands over 3'000 meters high, challenging the cold, fatigue, and hunger. Their courage does not falter in front of the legendary Machu Picchu, the ancient Incan temples, and they arrive at La Paz, over 3'500 meters. Then along the roads of Bolivia, Peru, to reach the gateway to Australasia at Ushuaia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Michel Le Clerc, Jean-Claude Bois, La grande échappée; trois Amériques en scooter, La Toison d'Or, Paris, 1955
- Description: Cory Lee is an American travel blogger living with spinal muscular atrophy. He uses a powered wheelchair and has traveled independently to more than 40 countries across six continents. In 2020 he traveled to Antarctica, becoming one of the few wheelchair users to have visited all seven continents. He founded Curb Free with Cory Lee in 2013. The website provides detailed first-hand accessibility reviews of hotels, transportation systems, and attractions. Lee also works as a consultant and speaker in the field of accessible tourism
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Curb Free with Cory Lee
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1988-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://curbfreewithcorylee.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lee, Cory. Let’s Explore With Cor Cor. Hardcover. United States: self-published, July 26, 2020.
- Description: Jale Lillinstad, a Dane accompanied by a white goat, passed through Bellinzona on July 29, 1954, and arrived in Rome on August 23 of the same year
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Denmark, Danimarca
- 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
- Description: Marie Leautey is a French ultrarunner and former international CFO based in Greece. Between 2019 and 1 September 2022 she completed a running circumnavigation of the world across four continents and 21 countries, covering 28,249 km (17,500 miles) - the equivalent of 680 marathons - in 825 days, running approximately one marathon per day six days a week at an average speed of 9.2 km/h. Her route covered Europe (15,420 km), North America (5,383 km), South America (3,002 km) and Australia (4,550 km), concluding on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. She crossed the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Ardennes, the Apennines, the Dinaric Alps, the Rockies, the Appalachians, the Andes and the Nullarbor Desert. She pushed a 29 kg pram throughout, using a motorhome support only in the Andes and Australia. The journey was self-financed and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Certified by the World Runners Association (WRA), she became the second woman and seventh person overall to complete a running circumnavigation, and the fastest woman to do so. She dedicates her achievement to the NGO Women for Women International. She has recounted the journey in her book Lootie's World Run (2025)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lootie
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, À pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://lootie-run.com/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Leautey, Marie. Lootie's World Run: The Extraordinary True Story of the Fastest Woman to Have Run Around the World. Mascot Books, 2025.
- Description: Eight Years Cycling Around the World
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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.veraluc.com
- Description: Hannes Lindemann was a German adventurer and physician renowned for his extraordinary feats of solo navigation. His most remarkable crossing occurred in 1956 when he decided to tackle the Atlantic in a small rowboat, becoming one of the first explorers to undertake such an endeavor without the aid of sails. Setting off from the African coast, Lindemann sailed for over 72 days, covering thousands of miles to reach the Caribbean islands. During the journey, he faced fierce storms, giant waves, and solitude, sustaining himself mainly on a diet of fish caught at sea and collected rainwater for drinking
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Canoa, Kayak
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantico, Atlantique
- Internet: http://www.lindemann.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95319
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Museum of Travel and Tourism is a virtual museum dedicated to travel and tourism, founded in 2016. It began as a research platform focused on the biographies of women and men travelers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and has gradually expanded to include contemporary journeys.
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