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- Description: The brothers Dave and John Kunst were the first people to officially undertake a walk around the world. The adventure began on June 20, 1970, from Waseca and ended on October 5, 1974. Only Dave completed the 14'500-mile journey: his brother John was fatally shot by a gang of bandits in Afghanistan. Their other brother, Pete, joined Dave from the point where John was killed
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Earthwalkers
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Kunst
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5229138
Minnesotan's around-the-world walk remembered, 30 years later. It took four years, 21 million steps and 22 pairs of leather shoes for Dave Kunst to complete his record-making and tragedy-marred 14,450-mile walk around the Earth in 1974.
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- Description: The brothers Dave and John Kunst were the first people to officially undertake a walk around the world. The adventure began on June 20, 1970, from Waseca and ended on October 5, 1974. Only Dave completed the 14'500-mile journey: his brother John was fatally shot by a gang of bandits in Afghanistan. Their other brother, Pete, joined Dave from the point where John was killed
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Earthwalkers
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
Minnesotan's around-the-world walk remembered, 30 years later. It took four years, 21 million steps and 22 pairs of leather shoes for Dave Kunst to complete his record-making and tragedy-marred 14,450-mile walk around the Earth in 1974.
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- Description: The brothers Dave and John Kunst were the first people to officially undertake a walk around the world. The adventure began on June 20, 1970, from Waseca and ended on October 5, 1974. Only Dave completed the 14,500-mile journey: his brother John was fatally shot by a gang of bandits in Afghanistan. Their other brother, Pete, joined Dave from the point where John was killed
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Earthwalkers
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
Minnesotan's around-the-world walk remembered, 30 years later. It took four years, 21 million steps and 22 pairs of leather shoes for Dave Kunst to complete his record-making and tragedy-marred 14,450-mile walk around the Earth in 1974.
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- Description: David William and John Allen Kunt undertook a walk around the world in the 1970s
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
David William e John Allen Kunt, rispettivamente 31 e 23 anni, amici del vice-presidente statunitenze Humphrey, stanno facendo il giro del mondo a piedi per aiutare lo UNICEF.
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- Description: Resmond Marcel, leg amputee, traveling with his children
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Carte-souvenir - Le tour de France et des Colonies, Grand mutilé civil
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- Description: According to the postcard, Revel made a first world tour in 1898/1906 and started a second tour in 1908
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Laurent Revel and his dog Caesar
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- Description: Lady Anne Blunt, niece of the poet Lord Byron and a student of the art critic John Ruskin, distinguished herself through her travels in the Middle East. She is regarded as one of the first Western women to travel in central Arabia, reaching the city of Ha’il and crossing regions that were still little known. Through her travel writings, she provided detailed observations that contributed to the ethnographic and geographic knowledge of the Arabian Peninsula. Voyage en Arabie recounts the journey she undertook with her husband, the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, in the Najd region (present-day Saudi Arabia) during the winter of 1878–1879. Lady Anne (1837–1917), daughter of the Earl of Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron, was also known as an accomplished horsewoman and breeder of Arabian horses. The book was first published in London in 1881 by John Murray under the title A Pilgrimage to Nejd; it was written by Lady Anne and edited with the support of Wilfrid Blunt. The French translation by Léopold Derôme (1833–1889) appeared in Paris the following year. Derôme, a man of letters and bibliophile, added a substantial introduction in which he proposed an interpretation of Bedouin societies based in part on the Blunts’ observations. During their journey, the Blunts traveled with nomadic tribes of the Najd as far as Baghdad and stayed with the Al Rashid dynasty in their fortified capital of Ha’il, rivals of the Saudi clan. At one point, Wilfrid Blunt even considered serving as a diplomatic intermediary to the emir. Lady Anne paid particular attention to the horses she encountered, assessing and riding them during excursions, including hunting trips. The book is illustrated by Gaston Vuillier, based on Lady Anne’s sketches and descriptions, with engravings produced by Charles Barbant
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1837-1917
- 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/Anne_Blunt,_15th_Baroness_Wentworth
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451969
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Blunt, Anne. Voyage en Arabie. Pèlerinage au Nedjed, berceau de la race arabe. Paris: Hachette, 1882.
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- Description: Frank and Jane Richards set off in 1921 to travel 250'000 miles in 5 years. They started from Summit Pikes Peak (CO, USA) by car, aiming to win the $25'000 prize of the "Around The World On A Postcard" contest
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Around The World On A Postcard
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- Description: The Lagneaux family embarked on a round-the-world journey with a stroller and three children, showcasing their adventurous spirit and the challenges of traveling with young ones
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Die Reise um die Welt zu Fuss von Familie Lagneaux in 4 Jahren; Souvenir du globe trotter Lagneaux faisant le Tour du Monde à pied avec sa famille