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- Description: In 2006, Kieron Yates departed from Fargo, North Dakota, and cycled to New Orleans, Louisiana, following the Mississippi River. Particularly notable was the choice of transportation: a single-speed bicycle. The journey was partly documented by the radio show 'The Bike Show' on Resonance FM
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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: https://thebikeshow.net
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- Description: Published posthumously in 1768 and translated into Italian in 1813, "A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy" by Laurence Sterne is a classic of travel literature that breaks with the conventions of the Grand Tour. The protagonist, Yorick, sets out on a journey from northern France to Italy with the aim not of documenting places and monuments, but of exploring emotions, encounters, and states of mind. The journey begins in Calais and continues through Paris and Lyon, ending in Turin, without ever reaching Rome, which remains an unfulfilled destination. Yorick travels alone, often using modest means, and lingers on small daily events, favoring the inner and subjective dimension of the experience
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- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaggio_sentimentale
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768792
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sterne L., Viaggio sentimentale, 1813.
Yorick's journey starts in Calais, where he meets a monk who begs for donations to his convent. Yorick initially refuses to give him anything, but later regrets his decision. He and the monk exchange their snuff-boxes. He buys a chaise to continue his journey. The next town he visits is Montreuil, where he hires a servant to accompany him on his journey, a young man named La Fleur.
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- Description: In the late thirties of the twentieth century, Elisabeth Larsh and James Philip Young traveled together on the road from San Francisco to Virginia Beach on the Atlantic coast, round trip. The objective was to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=623339
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Young J. P., Larsh E., Bicycle built for two, Portland, Binfords and Mort, 1940.
This is how it came about. I was writing copy for an advertising agency in Chicago when I was offered a job as rewrite man on a magazine in San Francisco. When I got to San Francisco the first staff member my new boss introduced me to was Elisabeth. As the boss and I entered the room, she was sitting at a desk with a window at her back. She was wearing a dark red blouse. Something went tick somewhere inside of me, and I knew that something had happened.
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- Description: From March 1st, 1993 to March 1st, 1994, Young walked the entire Australian coast starting from Sydney. Overall, he covered 16'000 kilometers, entering the Guinness World Records as the first person to achieve such a feat
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- 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: Australia
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- Description: World tour by two Italian globetrotters departing from Venice on June 20th, 1909: the intention is to travel the planet by rolling a barrel. Estimated time for the mission: 12 years
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
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- 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: 2 globe trotters, due podisti mondiali; Zanardi Attilius and Vianello Eugene the turo kings of the barrel, the turo kings of the world streets, which travel in a barrel made by themselves will go all round the world. They have started from Venise on the 20 th June 1909 with the firm intention of going round the world in 12 years. Zanardi Attilius et Vianello Eugène, les deux rois de la futaille, les deux rois de la rue mondiale, qui voyagent dans une futaille fabriquée par eux-mêmes, accompliront le tour du monde. Ils sont partis de Venise le 20 Juin 1909 avec la ferme intention d'accomplir le tour du monde en 12 ans
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- Description: Albert Desjardins and Mougin Félix are two disabled globetrotters who undertook a tour of France
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- 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: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Unis par le malheur, Albert Desjardins, victime du devoir, père de famille, tour de France à pied, au nom des camarades français, Mougin Félix, aveugle
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- Description: Three boys from Saxony venture into a round-the-world trip, aiming for a record
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- 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: Europa-Afrika-Asien, Internacional Record of the world executed by 3 saxonia boys. 3 junge Sachsen bereisen studienhalber die Welt. Von Afrika kommend wandern wir durch Europa nach Asien. Vom Erlös dieser Karte ermöglichen wir die Weltreise. Preis nach Belieben!
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- Description: Starting on May 18, 2001, Jon Muir walked for 128 days to cross the Australian continent: 2'500 kilometers traveled with a dog. In 2004, the film Alone Across Australia was produced
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- 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: Australia
- Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Muir
- Multimedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Across_Australia
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271279
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- Description: Round-the-world trip of a Hungarian in the thirties of the twentieth century
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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: Wer mir hilft, hilft dem Studium. Ein Ungar auf der Weltreise 1930 1940