- Description: World tour from 1928 to 1944 in a horse-drawn carriage
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Sportfreunde Reisen durch die Welt, Naturfreunde Reisen durch die Welt
- Description: Best known as a revolutionary and warrior, it's lesser known that Che Guevara was also a traveler. In 1951, he embarked on a journey across Latin America on a 500 cc Norton Model 18 motorcycle. Guevara compiled a diary of this adventure, published as "Latinoamericana". In 2004, a film titled "The Motorcycle Diaries" was made based on this journal
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Che Guevara
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Argentina
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1928-1967
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries_(book)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5809
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Guevara, Ernesto. 2004. Latinoamericana: un diario per un viaggio in motocicletta. Milano: Feltrinelli. I diari della motocicletta un film di Walter Salles.
This isn't a tale of derring-do, nor is it merely some kind of "cynical account"; it isn't meant to be, at least. It's a chunk of two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams.
- 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.
- Description: In January 2010, Daniel Chapin, a youth advocate and activist from Orange County, California, embarked on a walk from California to Tennessee and then to Washington D.C., with a brief rest in Nashville, Tennessee. This journey was organized to promote community solidarity and raise awareness of the importance of faith-based youth programs across the nation. Chapin, a youth pastor and marriage counselor, was inspired by his experiences with young people in Garden Grove, California. He noted a lack of community and unity in churches, often marked by division and doctrinal differences. Throughout his journey across America's heartland, Chapin was hosted at various venues that shared his vision of inter-community solidarity, such as the Roadrunner Hostel in Tucson, Arizona, and spoke at churches, city halls, and similar places. He completed the walk without a cell phone or support vehicles, relying on teams and individuals he met along the way for travel arrangements and accommodations
- 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: USA
- 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.
- Description: Stephan Gyekes was a Hungarian globetrotter who - by his own account - dedicated himself to traveling the world between 1930 and 1935
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Hungary, Ungheria, Hongrie
- 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: Stephan Gyekes Budapest (Hongrie) 14 mai 1930 14 mai 1935 Autour du monde à pied - Te voet rond de wereld - Round about the globe - Zu Fuss durch die Welt
- Description: The pair of friends conceived and carried out the EurAsia Expedition 98 aboard two Ape TMP 703s, departing from Lisbon on April 30 and arriving in Beijing on November 28, 1998, after a journey of 25'000 km across Europe and Asia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Ape Piaggio
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Silk Road, Via della seta, Route de la soie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Brovelli P., Sulle ali di un Ape, Milano: Corbaccio, 2007.
"Tutto ebbe inizio sul finir dell'estate del 1997", così l'autore ci introduce al racconto di un viaggio meraviglioso, attraverso il continente eurasiatico «sulle ali di un Ape».
- 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.
- 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
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| Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites |
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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