• Description: Born in Milan on May 13, 1982, after graduating with a degree in Economics, he worked for nearly four years as an employee in the commercial office of a foundry in Modena. In May 2010, using the savings from his job, he set off on an 82'000-kilometer journey around the American continent on a 1970 Vespa Sprint Veloce. Alone and without sponsors, in total freedom. Upon his return, he published 21 Americas, which recounts the episodes and encounters that inevitably occurred over eighteen months of travel
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Vespanda
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1982-
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://www.vespanda.com
  • Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/@Vespanda
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lavarra Ilario. 2019. 21 Americhe : Viaggio in Solitaria Su Una Vecchia Vespa. Roma: Ultra.
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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