- Description: Emilio Balli, in 1878-1879, took part in one of the first round-the-world trips organized by a society of scholars and European tourists. The journey commenced in Marseille on August 1, 1878, aboard the ship Junon operated by the company Fraissinet. Due to financial difficulties of the organizer, the journey was halted in New York. Emilio Balli and his Geneva friend Alfred Bertrand continued on their own, visiting North America and crossing the Pacific to reach Japan, China, and India. After about 14 months, they returned home through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, stopping in Alexandria, Egypt, Naples, and finally docking in Marseille on September 27, 1879
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1855-1934
- 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://hls-dhs-dss.ch/it/articles/017089/2002-01-07/
- Multimedia: https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/intrattenimento/seidisera-magazine/Il-giro-del-mondo-di-Emilio-Balli-1878-1879--1567191.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96256699
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: AA.VV: Lo sguardo di un Locarnese sul mondo. Diario fotografico del viaggio intorno al mondo del 1878–1879. Museo Casorella, Locarno.
- Description: German globetrotter who set off on horseback on July 1, 1928, from Essen-Ruhr, Germany, heading towards Central Asia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Essen-Ruhr, Start 1 Juli 1928. Essen, Klein-Asien und Europa
- Description: In 1907, Luigi Barzini accompanied Prince Scipione Borghese in the famous Beijing to Paris automobile race, a competition they won
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1874-1947
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Barzini L., La metà del mondo vista da un'automobile: da Pechino a Parigi in sessanta giorni, Milano: U. Hoepli, 1908.
- Description: On October 15, 1923, the three members of the Bombay Weightlifting Club, Adi B. Hakim, Jal P. Bapasola, and Rustom B. Bhumgara, embarked on a round-the-world bicycle tour. They covered a route of 44'000 miles in three years and three months, and their adventure was chronicled in a book that is still available in a version published in 2008: 'The World on a Bicycle'
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hakim A. B., Bapasola J. P., Bhumgara R. B., With cyclists around the world, Roli books, 2008.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Noble cycle & motor Co. - This Royal bassett (?) bicycle was used by the world tourists in their tour round the world. The machine has done 40.000 miles
Just in their twenties and living off a shoestring budget, three young Parsis, one from Baroda, ventured on the first ever trip around the world on bicycles on October 15, 1923. The trio covered 44,000 miles in three years and three months across 27 countries and four continents. On their return, Adi Hakim from Vadodara, Jal Bapasola from Mumbai and Rustom Bhumgara from Pune, who later became a freedom fighter, wrote a book of their memoirs from the epic journey, of which but a few copies still exist. The original book includes a foreword by Jawarharlal Nehru and comments from leaders around the world like Benito Mussolini and Calvin Coolidge.”
- Description: Pierre Barré, who became paralyzed at the age of 37, undertook a tour of France accompanied by his blind friend, Baptiste Souque
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Pierre Barré, ex-forain, paralysé à l'age de 37 ans, Baptiste Souque, ex-employé de commerce, aveugle, Tour de France à pied au nom des camarades unis par le malheur
- Description: Henry Walter Bates was a British naturalist and explorer, best known for his legendary expedition to the Amazon Basin. In 1848, he left England with Alfred Russel Wallace to study the Brazilian rainforest. Bates stayed in the Amazon for over eleven years, collecting more than 14'000 animal species, around 8'000 of which were previously unknown to science. His observations led to the identification of “Batesian mimicry,” a phenomenon where harmless species imitate dangerous ones to avoid predation. His book The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863) is a classic of scientific travel writing
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1825–1892
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Walter_Bates
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370308
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bates, Henry Walter, The Naturalist on the River Amazons, London, 1863.
- Description: On May 4, 1930, Marcel Bardiaux left France to reach Constantinople in his canoe named 'Belle Etoile'. He covered a total of 13'000 km, publishing about ten accounts of his journey in the magazine 'Camping'. On March 10, 1931, Paris Match also featured a report on his circumnavigation, particularly focusing on his return journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1910-2000
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Canoa, Kayak
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Bardiaux
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288639
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Marcel Bardiaux sur son Canoë "Belle Etoile" - 13.000 km à travers l'Europe dont 8.000 en mer
La fin de la croisière de la "Belle Etoile". Nous avons raconté comment ce jeune navigateur, parti des bords de la Marne le 4 mai dernier sur son canoé, était arrivé, après de nombreuses aventures à Constantinople.
- Description: In the 1910s, he set off on a 10'000 km world tour accompanied by a 300 kg barrel
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Le Déménageur
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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: Le Tour du Monde. 10 000 kilomètres en roulant un tonneau du poids total de 300 kilogrammes par BARUET "Le Déménageur", ex-champion de lutte à l'exposition de 1889, auteur et recordman de la voiture à bras : 1 200 kilos.
- Description: In the photo taken in 1913 in Paris, Prof. Battelli is depicted with Elide Della Bosca. In the Corriere di Trapani (issue 22, 1913), there is an interview with Battelli, in which it is noted that the around-the-world walk was the result of a 'challenge with the American press'
- 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
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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