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- Description: Thomas Stevens is considered the first man to have completed a round-the-world journey by bicycle, between 1884 and 1887. He left San Francisco on April 22, 1884, heading east, initially following the Central Pacific Railroad to Ogden, Utah, and then continuing along the Union Pacific. He reached Chicago on July 4, 1884, and completed the North American leg in Boston. After crossing the Atlantic, he landed in Liverpool and began his journey across Europe, passing through England, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans, arriving in Istanbul. From there, after a stop in Asia Minor, he embarked for India, where he cycled across much of the subcontinent as far as Calcutta. Stevens then continued toward East Asia, but was forced to abandon the route in China due to political instability and logistical challenges. He redirected to Japan, where he completed the final leg of his trip before returning to the United States in January 1887. His journey, first reported in magazines such as Outing and later published in the book Around the World on a Bicycle (1887)
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1854-1935
- 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://www.gutenberg.org/author/Stevens,+Thomas+(1854-1935)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7794200
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Thomas Stevens, Around the world on a bicycle, C. Scribner's Sons, 1889.
He is of medium height (5'5") and well built (about 140 pounds), he has a very pleasing manner. He is naturally the fairest of blondes, but so thoroughly have the sun and the wind done their work that, were it not for his light moustache, his face would be taken for anything rather than a white man's. He is an Englishman by birth, and is about 29 years of age.
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- Description: In 1911, Hermann Hesse embarked on a journey to Ceylon, Sumatra, and Malaysia in search of inner peace. However, he never managed to reach India (his main destination), which he only skirted due to dysentery and lack of money. He returned to Gaienhofen still sick and exhausted. Seeking to change this situation, in 1912, he and Maria decided to move to Bern. Unfortunately, even this new change did not benefit Hesse's health. Meanwhile, his son Martin fell ill, and in 1914, he was taken to a sanatorium. In 1913, Hesse had published his journal 'Fuori dall'India' about his journey to the Far East, followed by the novella Rosshalde
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1877-1962
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.hessemontagnola.ch
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25973
On September 6, 1911, Hermann Hesse boards the "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" in Genoa in the company of his friend, the painter Hans Sturzenegger, to travel to India, the country in which his grandparents, his father and his mother worked as missionaries. In actual fact, however, it turns out to be a trip not to India but to Indonesia: Penang, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, and Burma.
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- Description: A coast-to-coast journey from Los Angeles to New York completed by the Stewart couple on a sidecar in 1913
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stewart D., Going Some 1913, First Coast To Coast Trip By Motorcycle and Sidecar, Editor Dorothy G. Stewart, 1913.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Going Some, 1913 - first coast to coast trip by motorcycle and sidecar. A true adventure compiled and edited by Doroty G. Stewart
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- Description: Stewart J.W. and his large family (wife and six children), on a wagon pulled by two horses, traveled the 3'000 miles separating Waltrous, Sask from Montreal
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- 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: 3000 Miles - two Horsepower - But Plenty of Faith from Waltrous, Sask to Montreal
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- Description: Globe-trotting artists departed from Budapest on April 15, 1923
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- 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
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- Description: In 1901, Gaston Stiegler, a journalist for the newspaper Le Matin, completed a round-the-world trip in 63 days
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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
- Internet: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Stiegler
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3099157
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stiegler, G. (1901). Le tour du monde en 63 jours. Paris: Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie.
Le 29 mai 1901 à 1 h 50, Gaston Stiegler, homme de lettres et journaliste, s'embarquait dans le train de Russie à la gare du Nord. Le 30 au matin, il arrivait à Berlin, le 31 à Saint-Pétersbourg, le 1er juin à Moscou, le 3 juin à Samara.
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- Description: Departing from Prague in 1919, Martin Stojar embarked on a round-the-world trip on foot
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Czech Republic, Repubblica Ceca, République Tchèque
- 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: Sportsman international - le premier sourd-muet de la République Tchéco-Slovaque accomplissant le tour du monde à pied
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- Description: On November 1, 1889, Stokes began a round-the-world journey accompanied by George W. Burston: they were the first Australians to undertake the venture. With their velocipedes (penny-farthing machines), they left Melbourne heading for Sydney. Their route touched Java, Singapore, India, Egypt, Europe. They returned to Australia via the United States, where, however, they did not use their bikes. They described their journey in the book "Round the World on Bicycles"
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1860-1918
- 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
- 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.
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- Description: Born in the German-speaking Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) to Austrian parents, Walter Stolle settled in England after losing everything in the aftermath of World War II. After five years of preparation, on 25 January 1959 he set off from Romford, Essex, on a bicycle journey that lasted 18 years. He covered more than 646,960 km (402,000 miles), visiting 159 countries - at the time a Guinness World Record for the longest individual bicycle journey. He financed the journey by giving around 2,600 lectures and slide shows in seven languages. He returned to England in 1976
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Czech republic, Republica ceca, République tchèque
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stolle W., The world beneath my bicycle wheels, London, Pelham, 1978.
Walter Stolle's Bicycle Saga, or Around the World in 18 Years. When he was a teenager, Walter Stolle got a crazy idea. “I decided,” he recalls, “that I would make the longest journey ever on a bike.” He did. It covered 400,000 miles—the equivalent of 16 trips around the world—took him to 159 countries and lasted 18 years.