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- Description: In the mid-nineteenth century, Ida Pfeiffer undertook her first journey around the world, followed by a second a few years later. She is often regarded as one of the first women to complete such a journey alone. Her Frauenfahrt um die Welt (A Woman’s Journey Around the World) recounts her solo circumnavigation, which began in 1846. In this work, Pfeiffer describes her travels across several regions, including South America, China, India, Persia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. She records her observations of cultures and natural environments, as well as the challenges she faced as a woman traveling alone in the mid-nineteenth century
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1797-1858
- 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/Ida_Laura_Pfeiffer
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78873
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002.
When I was but a little child, I had already a strong desire to see the world. Whenever I met a travelling-carriage, I would stop involuntarily, and gaze after it until it had disappeared; I used even to envy the postilion, for I thought he also must have accomplished the whole long journey.
Pfeiffer, Ida (1852). Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North. London: Ingram.
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- Description: Portrayed with a bag and a guitar in hand, the globetrotter Hugo Pfeil embarked on a round-the-world trip on foot
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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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zu Fuss um die Welt
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- Description: Nicola Pfund's route winds along the borders of the Swiss Confederation, totaling 1,140 km: 'I was looking for a new challenge, and here it is within reach'
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://nicolapfund.ch
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3876318
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- Description: Phileas Fogg is the protagonist of Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days." After betting 20'000 pounds with the other members of the Reform Club, he sets off on a journey around the world that he must complete within a limit of 80 days (by 8:45 on December 21, 1872). His route and travel times were as follows: from London to Suez, passing through the Mont Cenis and then Brindisi (seven days); from Suez to Bombay (thirteen days); from Bombay to Calcutta (three days); from Calcutta to Hong Kong (thirteen days); from Hong Kong to Yokohama (six days); from Yokohama to San Francisco (twenty-two days); from San Francisco to New York (seven days); from New York to London (nine days). This itinerary would later be imitated by various travelers who attempted to match or beat Phileas Fogg's record
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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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4SeOwtNYA
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587533
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Verne Jules, Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni, Roma: Biancoenero, 2013.
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- Description: In 2008, Dave Phoenix walked the route from Melbourne to Kurumba, following the path taken by Burke and Wills in 1860
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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: https://www.burkeandwills.net.au/walk/
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- Description: Romano Piazzini and Luana Lavagetti-Piazzini are sailing around the globe on a sailboat
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
Delle varie tappe che caratterizzano il giro del mondo in barca a vela, il passaggio attraverso il Golfo di Aden è, di questi tempi, sicuramente una fra le più memorabili e cariche di emozioni. Ai soliti imprevisti e alle consuete incognite legate alla navigazione e alla meteo, vengono infatti ad aggiungersi i rischi di un attacco pirata, nonché il pericolo di venir coinvolti direttamente o indirettamente nei disordini e nelle stragi che interessano l’area compresa fra lo Yemen e la Somalia.
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- Description: Bertrand Piccard, son of the explorer Jacques Piccard (the first man to descend into the Mariana Trench), is a Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut who became famous in 1999 for circumnavigating the globe with a hot air balloon, the Breitling Orbiter 3, alongside pilot Brian Jones
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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: http://www.bertrandpiccard.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366255
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Piccard B., Jones B., L' ultima grande avventura, TEA, 2001
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- Description: Pidgeon set off with his Islander in 1921 from California, where he returned 4 years later, becoming the second man to circumnavigate the globe solo
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Pidgeon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671586
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- Description: Journalist Paul Pirvu and artist Demetre (Demetrio) Dann undertook a round-the-world walk to win an unspecified sum
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Romania
- 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: 100'000 Kilometres (63'000 english miles) - Must be covered inside of 6 years for a reward