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Heiberg Svend Oluf, Svane Aksel (w3397)

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  • Description: Svend Oluf Heiberg was a Danish silviculturist. His friend Aksel Svane later became Governor of South Greenland and a lawyer. Between 1924 and 1925 the two set off from Denmark on a round-the-world motorcycle journey, with the stated purpose of studying forest reserves abroad. They departed on a 1922 Harley-Davidson JD with a sidecar, which they abandoned in Anatolia, Turkey. Their route covered Europe, Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), India (by sea), Ceylon, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the United States (San Francisco to New York), returning to Europe by sea
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Denmark, Danimarca, Danemark
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://www.berndtesch.de
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7652116
Photo taken by a press photographer from the Berlingske Tidende (https://www.berndtesch.de)
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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