- Description: Ezra Manning Meeker was an American explorer who traversed the Oregon Trail in 1851 and again in 1905 with an ox-drawn wagon. His feat garnered him some fame, to the extent that he managed to meet Theodore Roosevelt
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Hop King of the World
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1830-1928
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Meeker
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423387
- Description: Ernest Pellegrin Joseph Michel was a French lawyer and world traveler. Between 1880 and 1884 he circled the globe—including North America, Australasia, Japan, China, India, South America, and Southern Africa—and published his experiences in Le Tour du Monde en 240 Jours (first volumes 1882; full edition 1893–1894). The letters offer a sharp, detailed, and candid account of each destination, with social, cultural, and geographical observations. In 1896 he released À travers l’hémisphère sud—a four-volume record of his second world voyage
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1837-1896
- 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://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Michel_(voyageur)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25397423
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Michel, Ernest, Le Tour du Monde en 240 Jours, Paris/Nice, 1893–1894. Michel, Ernest, A travers l’hémisphère sud. Mon second voyage autour du monde, 4 vol., 1896.
- Description: Having set off from Croatia in 1906, he declared his intention to walk 25'000 miles in five years
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Croatia, Croazia, Croatie
- 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: Champion long distance walker - Started from Croatia, Austrian Province, on Feb. 5. 1906, to walk 25.000 miles in five years: so far has walked over 18.000 miles. Worn out 38 pairs of shoes. Joe started without money and is making his way selling these cards. Buy one. On a long journey
- Description: The two globetrotters depicted on the postcard embarked on a round-the-world journey on foot in 1910
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ifj. dr. Szilassy Aladar orvos és Megyercsy Bela ref. lelkipastor, KIE. nemzeti titkar a magyar cserkeszmozgalom meginditoi. 1910
- Description: Tour of Europe by the Three Michel Brothers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Belgium, Belgio, Belgique
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour de l'Europe à pied par les trois frères Michel, journalistes belges, 33.000 kilomètres en 3 ans. Nous avons traversé la Belgique, la France, l'Espagne, le Portugal et de nouveau l'Espagne pour retraverser la France. Notre photographie est présentée comme souvenir et à titre de secours de route. On donne ce que l'on veut. Notre fidèle compagnon est mort en Espagne
- Description: According to a contemporary article, Mihaylo Milavanovitsch from Belgrade undertook in 1899 a long walking journey across Europe. Departing on 5 April, he had already covered about 50,000 km (31,100 miles), passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trieste, Ragusa, Salonica, Bucharest, Athens, Constantinople, Kiev, Smolensk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Le Havre, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseilles, Nice, Turin, Milan, Como, and Lugano. At his stop in Ticino, he still had around 2,000 km (1,240 miles) to complete his itinerary back to Belgrade via Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Described as a 24-year-old young man, robust and with “the face of an apostle,” he spoke German in addition to his native language. The stated purpose of the journey was education; he carried a small notebook in which local newspapers recorded each arrival with dates and official stamps, thus gathering signatures in many European languages
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Serbia
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, April 6, 1901.
Un globe-trotter - Stamane ebbimo il piacere di ricevere la visita del celebre globe-trotter Mihaylo Milavanovitsch di Belgrado, che sta compiendo una colossale gita in Europa.
- Description: Werner Mehnert from Leipzig is a globetrotter accompanied by a large Saint Bernard
- 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 foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zu Fuss durch Deutschland Bitte helfen Sie uns. Seid gut und lieb allen Tieren!
- Description: The three companions tackled the 40'000 km needed to complete the round-the-world trip
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- 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: Een reis om de wereld
- Description: French globetrotter who claimed to be undertaking a world tour accompanied by his dog. According to research by the Orkney Archive (2025), Charles Millot left Paris on 22 April 1901, aged 20, after betting with friends that he could walk around the world in six years without money, funding himself by selling illustrated postcards bearing his portrait. Between 1902 and 1903 he travelled across Europe - from Italy to Germany, Belgium, England and Ireland - finally reaching Scotland and the Orkney Islands, where he was photographed with his dog “Dundee". At each stage he visited newspaper offices and police stations to register his progress and have his consular papers stamped. British newspapers described him as a tireless, multilingual self-promoter known as “the French globe-trotter”
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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
- Internet: https://orkneyarchive.blogspot.com/2025/07/charles-millot-world-traveller-orkney.html
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Touriste français - 50.800 kilomètres à pieds
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