Pasta Luigi (w3176)

Pasta Luigi (w3176)

  • Description: Luigi Pasta, from Turin and a member of the Turin Walking Society, undertook to walk around Italy while pushing a wheelbarrow. The planned route was about 3,000 km (1,860 miles). The peculiar challenge lay in the rule that Pasta could never abandon the wheelbarrow, which had to remain with him while eating and sleeping, serving as a symbolic “snail’s shell.” He was accompanied by Giuseppe Ferino, tasked with monitoring him and helping to raise funds by selling illustrated postcards
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
  • 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: Italy, Italia, Italie
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, July 9, 1923.

3000 chilometri spingendo una cariola. Globe-trotter ne abbiamo visti e ne vediamo tutti i giorni: sportsmen che fanno chi il giro del mondo in aeroplano, chi in auto e chi anche, più comodamente, in un lussuoso yacht. Ma fare il giro d’Italia a piedi spingendo una carriola e guadagnandosi il vitto — non diciamo l’alloggio, perché nell’estate l’albergo della luna o quello delle stelle è sempre gratuito — non è cosa troppo comune né tanto facile.

Kundiger Antonio (w3173)

Kundiger Antonio (w3173)

  • Description: According to an article published in Giornale del Popolo on December 1, 1932, Antonio Kundiger was a German traveller who undertook journeys on foot, by bicycle, and later by motorcycle. The same source reports that his most recent raid was from Paris to Tokyo, covering about 55,000 km (34,200 miles) across the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Persia, India, Indochina, and China. The newspaper also noted that from his travels he had assembled a collection of autographs in twenty volumes, including signatures of rulers, politicians, writers, artists, and industrialists
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
  • 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
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giornale del Popolo, December 1, 1932.

Un globe-trotter eccezionale - Si trova da due giorni nella nostra città il germanico Antonio Kundiger, che è stato protagonista di viaggi veramente eccezionali attraverso i vari continenti, dapprima a piedi, poi in bicicletta o da ultimo in motocicletta.

Marsden Kate (w3169)

Marsden Kate (w3169)

  • Description: Kate Marsden was a British nurse and missionary, best known for her extraordinary journey to Siberia at the end of the nineteenth century. Motivated by philanthropic zeal, she set out to reach the leper colonies of Yakutia. In 1891 she departed from Moscow and travelled roughly 11,200 km (7,000 miles) by horse, sledge, and on foot, facing extreme cold and isolation. She established a leper hospital and gathered first-hand accounts of the disease, later publishing a travel narrative that gained wide attention in Europe
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1931
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Marsden
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546303
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marsden, Kate. On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers. London: Record Press, 1893. Hartley, Janet M. Siberia: A History of the People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Woods, Michael. Women Explorers in Africa: Kate Marsden and Others. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992.
Radoikowich (w3175)

Radoikowich (w3175)

  • Description: According to a newspaper report, Mr. Radoikowich, a journalist by profession, set himself the goal of travelling around the world on foot and without money. At the time of the article, he had already visited Montenegro, Hungary, Austria, Dalmatia, and Italy, and was preparing to continue through Switzerland, France, and beyond, with the intention of completing the journey by 1915
  • 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
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, Juin 17, 1911.

Un giornalista globe-trotter. Un collega in giornalismo, il sig. Radoikowich, si è prefisso lo scopo di fare il giro del mondo a piedi e senza un soldo! Ha già visitato il Montenegro, l’Ungheria, l’Austria, la Dalmazia, l’Italia; ora si accinge a visitare la Svizzera, la Francia ecc. ecc., per terminare il giro del mondo col 1915. Gli abbiamo fatto un mondo di complimenti e di auguri e l’abbiamo assicurato che, da parte nostra, non avrà mai dei competitori.

Gazzetta Ticinese, 17 giugno 1911

Duquette Elzéar (w3171)

Duquette Elzéar (w3171)

  • Description: Elzéar Duquette was a Canadian long-distance walker, nicknamed the “King of the Walk.” For more than forty years, he covered thousands of kilometres on foot across Canada and beyond. Between 1969 and 1976 he undertook round trips from Montreal to Vancouver, Tokyo, and Paris, covering more than 37,000 km (23,000 miles). He travelled with a small cart, which he called his “coffin,” using it both to sleep in and to carry his belongings. He supported himself by selling souvenirs and through television appearances, becoming a well-known popular figure in Quebec during the 1970s
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: King of the Walk
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1910-1988
  • 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elzear_Duquette
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16209712
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Montreal Gazette, Juin 18, 1976.
Benham Gertrude (w3168)

Benham Gertrude (w3168)

  • Description: Gertrude Emily Benham was a British explorer and mountaineer, one of the most tireless women travellers of her time. She spent most of her life roaming the world, walking more than 29,000 km (18,000 miles). She climbed peaks in Switzerland, India, and Africa, including Mount Kilimanjaro and several Himalayan summits. She travelled through Asia, North and South America, Africa, and Oceania, often alone and with minimal resources, supporting herself through sketching and writing. She donated a large collection of artefacts to the Plymouth Museum. She died in 1938 aboard a ship off the West Indies during one of her last journeys
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Truda Benham
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1867-1938
  • 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Benham
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16014284
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Benham, Gertrude E. Auntie’s Travels. London: [s.n.], 1938. Fleming, Fergus. Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration. New York: Grove Press, 2001. Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. Gertrude Benham Collection. Plymouth: Plymouth City Council, 1939.
Lonjumeau Emile (w3174)

Lonjumeau Emile (w3174)

  • Description: According to the Gazzetta Ticinese of July 1, 1906, Émile Lonjumeau de Otandidier, described as a "professional globe-trotter,” passed through Lugano during a walking journey from Paris. Having crossed France, the Mont Cenis pass, and the cities of Turin and Milan, he arrived in Lugano’s main square, where his eccentric yet cheerful appearance attracted attention. Unlike other travellers, he declared that he journeyed without a female companion and was content with his solitude. His journey was reportedly motivated by a wager requiring him to return to Paris on foot within a certain period, though the newspaper declined to specify the exact time limit. The account also remarked that, unlike many globe-trotters of the era, he asked for no money from the editors, which earned him the description of a “respectable” traveller
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
  • 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
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, July 1, 1906.

Un globe-trotter. Abbiamo ricevuto oggi in Redazione la visita di Monsieur Emile Lonjumeau de Otandidier, globe-trotter professionale.

Morrison George Ernest (w3170)

Morrison George Ernest (w3170)

  • Description: George Ernest Morrison was an Australian doctor, adventurer, and journalist. After studying in Melbourne and Scotland, he walked across large parts of Australia and Asia, undertaking journeys such as the 1894 trek from Shanghai to Rangoon: about 5,150 km (3,200 miles) covered in six months. His reports, published in The Times of London, brought him fame and the position of China correspondent. He settled in Beijing during the final years of the Qing dynasty, becoming a political adviser and privileged observer of Chinese affairs
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Chinese Morrison
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1862-1920
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Asia
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ernest_Morrison
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842116
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Morrison, George Ernest. An Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey across China to Burma. London: Horace Cox, 1895. Lo, Kate. Morrison of Peking. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press, 1967. Fitzherbert, Tim. Chinese Morrison: The Life and Times of George Ernest Morrison, 1862–1920. London: Faber & Faber, 2007.
Halliburton Richard (w3167)

Halliburton Richard (w3167)

  • Description: Richard Halliburton was an American adventurer and travel writer, famous in the 1920s and 1930s for his romantic and flamboyant travel accounts. A Princeton graduate, he chose to live as a “professional globetrotter,” climbing Mount Fuji in winter, swimming the Panama Canal as a registered “ship,” flying over the Himalayas, visiting the Taj Mahal, and retracing the voyages of Ulysses. Against his father’s wishes for a conventional and secure career, he asserted his right to wanderlust — to a life of boundless travel and adventure beyond societal norms. His bestselling books inspired generations of readers, with Halliburton always placing himself as the hero of his narratives. In 1939, while attempting to sail across the Pacific to San Francisco on a Chinese junk, he disappeared at sea at the age of 39
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1900-1939
  • 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Halliburton
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653847
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Halliburton, Richard. The Royal Road to Romance. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925. Halliburton, Richard. The Glorious Adventure. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. Halliburton, Richard. New Worlds to Conquer. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Halliburton, Richard. The Flying Carpet. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932.

At four in the morning this gorgeous spectacle moved through the moonlit streets of Peking en-route to the prison-palace. The entire city was awake and the people thronged the line of march. A forest of pennants blazed and fluttered past ...gold dragons on black silk, blue dragons on gold silk; and swaying lanterns, and gilded kiosques containing the bride’s ceremonial robes, and princes on horseback surrounded by their colorful retinues. There was more than enough music. Last of all came the bride’s sedan hung with yellow brocade, roofed with a great gold dragon, and borne along by sixteen noblemen. I followed close behind the shrouded chair, and wondered about the state of mind of the little girl inside. Headed straight for prison, she was on the point of surrendering forever the freedom she had hitherto enjoyed... The procession wound its way to the 'Gate of Propitious Destiny,' one of the entrances to the palace, and halted before it. Torches flared. There was subdued confusion and whispers. mandarins and court officials hurried back and forth. Slowly, darkly, the great gates swung open,—I could look inside the courtyard and see the blazing avenue of lamps down which the procession would move up to the throne room where the emperor waited. Into the glitter and glamour of this 'Great Within' the trembling little girl, hidden in her flowered box, was carried. Then as I watched, the gates boomed shut and the princess became an empress.
Richard Halliburton, The Royal Road to Romance, 1925, pp. 298–300.

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Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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