• Description: According to Italian press reports, at the age of 76 George Bernard Shaw set out from Naples on a journey around the world. His decision was portrayed as an example of “adventurous spirit” in old age, at a time when global travel had become less extraordinary due to advances in modern transport. The article noted that Shaw had previously declared that “not even America was worth visiting,” highlighting the reversal of opinion that led him to include the United States in his route
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19185
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: La Stampa della Sera, December 20, 1932.
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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