- Description: Globetrotter of whom few details are known
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: -
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- Description: This Dutch family, composed of father, mother, and their two children Hans and Grietje, set off to complete a round-the-world trip
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: On a world's tour born in Holland seeing America. We are Vader, Moeder, Hans and Grietje (Hoppe) from Nederland and are pleased to have met you. We will be at Mills Cleveland Restaurant Sept. 21 to 27. The New Mills Restaurant, located at 315-319 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio, provides new beauty - new refinements in service - new lower prices
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- Description: World tour of a group of unknown globetrotters
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: Trio International
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- Description: Austrian family engaged in a round-the-world walking tour in 1966
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- 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: Eine Weltreise zu Fuss Österreich 1966 - ? Expédition uniquement à pied, Autriche
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- Description: Three globetrotters depicted with backpacks
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: Drei Naturfreunde aus Benthem (?), O.-S., auf einer wissenschaft. Staatenwanderung durch Deutschalnd - Osterreich - Italien - Griechenland e. Aegypten
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- Description: Ernest 'Ernie' Old in 1945 began a series of bicycle adventures that made him famous across the Australian continent. That year, he completed a journey of 1'136 miles (1'828 km) between Melbourne and Sydney in nine days. He set off towards Adelaide (1'138 miles, 1'831 km) in 1946, arriving in eight days. The following year, he covered 6'000 miles (9'650 km) in 56 days passing through Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney. In 1948, he focused on the Melbourne-Perth route (round trip), totaling 4'500 miles (7'250 km). The long list of adventures continued until 1959, three years before his disappearance, when he crossed Tasmania
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1874-1962
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
- Internet: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/old-ernest-ernie-11295
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21537425
In 1954, marathon cyclist Ernie Old completed an 80-day bicycle ride, averaging 80 miles per day and finishing on his 80th birthday in Albert Park in Melbourne. This was just one of his remarkable feats – he also served in two wars, patented several inventions and made Prime Minister Robert Menzies an offer he almost couldn't refuse.
- Description: This American athlete embarked on several journeys in the 1990s using an 1887 "Victor Light Roadster" velocipede. Among the most significant routes, he boasts San Francisco - Boston (3'358 miles) and Canada - Gulf of Mexico (1'664 miles)
- 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: USA
- Internet: http://www.thewheelmen.org
Retired funeral director Jim Ogland pedaled through Salt Lake City this week during his revival of the first cross-continent bicycle ride, undertaken by outdoor magazine writer Thomas Stevens in 1884.
- Description: The fastest round-the-world flight was made by three USAF B-52 aircraft led by Archie J. Old Junior. Departing in January 1957 from the California base in Riverside, they covered 39'147 kilometers in 45 hours and 19 minutes
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Plane, Aeroplano, Avion
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_J._Old,_Jr.
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4786712
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- Description: Six men embarked on a journey around the globe without money aboard a small boat. From Vienna, via the Danube, Black Sea, Bosphorus, Marmara Sea, Smyrna, Beirut, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Djibouti, Abyssinia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ohne Geld durch die Welt
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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