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- Description: In 1921, Thomas Drake sailed solo along the Pacific coast from Seattle to the Galapagos. The boat, manned by this spry sixty-year-old, was supposed to continue towards Cape Horn, but a theft committed by local natives prevented Drake from continuing his journey
- 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: Pacific Ocean, Pacifico, Pacifique
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- Description: Marianne du Toit is a South African adventurer known for completing a 21-month journey on horseback and on foot from Argentina to New York. Inspired by Aimé Félix Tschiffely's journey from 1925 to 1928, she embarked on this journey despite her limited Spanish knowledge and scant horse-riding experience
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: South Africa, Sudafrica, Afrique du Sud
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1970-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Du Toit M., Crying with Cockroaches: Argentina to New York with Two Horses, Liendi Publishers, 2007.
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- Description: Cyclist afflicted by poliomyelitis
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Courad Dubé de la ville de Québec, cycliste international victime de la polio, départ le 14 juin 1964 pour Halifax, l'Afrique du Sud, la Palestine et l'Egypte. Parcouru 48 pays depuis 1953, Plus de 184'000 milles à date
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- Description: The year 1994 marked a round-the-world bicycle tour for writers Alexandre Poussin and Sylvain Tesson: one year, 25'000 km, 35 countries. This experience was documented in their publication 'On a roulé sur la Terre'. In 1997, they crossed the Himalayas and returned with a second narrative 'La marche dans le ciel'. For two years, they co-hosted the 'Montagne' show on France 3
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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.africatrek.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833981
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Alexandre Poussin, Sylvain Tesson. On a roulé sur la terre. Paris: Pocket, 2008.
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- Description: In 1890, Thomas Gaskell Allen, accompanied by William Sachtleben, embarked on a round-the-world journey using a bicycle. They returned in 1893, having covered 15'000 miles, which at the time was the longest continuous trip ever undertaken. They compiled their adventures in the East into the volume Across Asia on a Bicycle
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -1868
- 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: Allen T., Sachtleben W., Across Asia on a bicycle: the journey of two American students from Constantinople to Peking, Inkling Books, 2003.
This volume is made up of a series of sketches describing the most interesting part of a bicycle journey around the world,—our ride across Asia. We were actuated by no desire to make a “record” in bicycle travel, although we covered 15,044 miles on the wheel, the longest continuous land journey ever made around the world.
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- Description: Louis Dag, accompanied by Victor Dumont and Baptiste Souque, challenged his physical disability by walking the roads of Europe
- 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: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Unis par le malheur - Dag Louis, ex- opticien Dumont Victor, paralysé Souque Baptiste, ex-empl. de commerce
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- Description: Lillian Alling was an Estonian immigrant who, in the late 1920s, decided to return to her homeland from New York, mainly on foot. Her story was fictionalized in the book titled 'Away'
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Estonia
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Alling
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6548079
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bloom A., Away, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008. Rutstrum C., The new way of the wilderness: the classic guide to survival in the wild, University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
In the summer of 1927, Lillian Alling, a young Russian immigrant, homesick and compelled to perform menial tasks for a living in New York, made up her mind to go back to her homeland in Europe. Because she had no money for transportation, she decided to hike back to her native country. She tramped to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Winnipeg, refusing all invitations to ride. She was next seen on the Yukon Telegraph Trail in the northern part of British Columbia, Canada, a small pack on her back and a length of iron pipe in her hand for protection, heading towards Alaska. The provincial police at Hazelton prevented her from making a winter journey through the Canadian wilds, but they were able to detain her only until spring.
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- Description: Simon Allix is a French reporter who set out to travel around the world aboard the Queen Elizabeth. In 2012, during the 107-day journey, he produced a series of documentaries that were broadcast on the Voyage channel
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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: http://www.simonallix.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22917129
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- Description: Patrick Durney covered the 150 miles between Dublin and Belfast while balancing on a ball. He later utilized his skills as a balancer at the 'Poole and Bosco's Circus'
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- 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: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Champion Ball Walker of the World, Dublin to Belfast, 150 miles