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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: Stephan Gyekes was a Hungarian globetrotter who - by his own account - dedicated himself to traveling the world between 1930 and 1935
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- 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
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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
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- Description: Tour of France undertaken by two unnamed disabled individuals
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1891-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Porte-bonheur, Le tour de France de deux infirmes, Infirmes du poumon, amputé d'un bras, ne pouvant exercer aucun métier, nous vous offrons notre carte, nous remettant à votre bon coeur. Né le 1891 à Levallois-Perret
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- Description: In 1907, Colonel Burnley Campbell set the new world record for circumnavigating the globe: 40 days, 19 hours, and 30 minutes
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
Lieutenant Colonel Burnley Campbell, an Englishman, claims the record after completing the circle of the world In forty days and nineteen and one-half hours. When Jules Verne sent his famous hero of romance, Phileas Fogg, on a tour of the world he allowed him only eighty days, but that was in 1872. According lo the two time schedules, both of which were extraordinary for their day, Campbell came out a whole lap ahead of his predecessor, but the lines of fast travel have changed vastly in thirty-five years.
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- Description: George Burston was among the daring pioneers and lovers of the velocipede. Before the introduction of the inner tube, he set a record for 100 miles (161 km) on the road in 8 hours and 9 minutes. On November 1, 1889, he began a world tour with Harry R. Stokes, becoming the first Australians to undertake the endeavor. With their penny-farthing machines, they set off from Melbourne towards Sydney. Their route took them through Java, Singapore, India, Egypt, and Europe. They returned to Australia via the United States, where they did not use their bicycles. They described their journey in the book "Round the World on Bicycles"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1924
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Velocipede, Vélocipède
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/408343
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Booth Anne L., Riding high: Burston & Stokes centenary ride, 1888-1988, Bicycle Victoria, 1988. Burston G. W., Stokes H. R., Round the world on bicycles, Melbourne, George Robertson and Company, 1890.
Bicycle - H. Bassett & Co, Melbourne, George Burston, 1888. High wheel bicycle of the 'ordinary' or 'spider' type with a 1.422m (56-inch) wheel. This 'Victory' model was assembled in Melbourne from imported components by Henry Bassett & Co. of 4 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1888-89. The frame was nickel-plated. This bicycle was used by Melbourne Bicycle Club member (later President) George Burston on a round-the-world' bicycle journey in 1889-90.
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- Description: In 1999, Doris Haddock, a spry 89-year-old, walked from Pasadena, California, to Washington D.C., covering a total of 3,055 miles (4,917 km). It took her 400 days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Granny D
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Haddock D., Burke D., Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year, Villard Books, 2001.
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- Description: In 1912, Edwin J. Bush traveled from his hometown of Portland, Maine, to the namesake Portland in Oregon. He did so by pushing a cart
- 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