Stinnes Clärenore (w3163)

Stinnes Clärenore (w3163)

  • Description: Clärenore Stinnes, born Clara Eleonore Stinnes, was a German racing driver and one of the first women to completely circumnavigate the globe by car between 1927 and 1929. At the age of twenty-six, she set out in an Adler Standard 6 with only two spare tires and a small crew: two mechanics and the young Swedish cinematographer Carl-Axel Söderström, whom she had met just two days before departure. She crossed Europe, the Middle East, Siberia, the Gobi Desert, Beijing, North America, and the Andes to Buenos Aires, then traveled north again to New York, where they were received by President Hoover. The journey continued by sea to Le Havre and Berlin, covering about 47,000 km (29,200 miles)
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Clara Eleonore Stinnes
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1901-1990
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A4renore_Stinnes
  • Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbq-kcZ-rKk
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107778
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stinnes, Clärenore. Im Auto durch zwei Welten: Die erste Autofahrt einer Frau um die Welt, 1927 bis 1929. Promedia, 1996. Söderström, Carl-Axel; Habinger, Gabriele. Eine Frau fährt um die Welt: Die spektakuläre Reise der Clärenore Stinnes 1927–1929. Munich, 2017.

First circumnavigation by car

Racing driver Clärenore Stinnes (Germany), accompanied by film-maker Carl-Axel Söderström (Sweden), embarked upon what is considered to be the first round-the-world drive on 25 May 1927, setting off from Frankfurt in Germany and finishing just beyond the starting point in Berlin on 24 June 1929, a total of 46’063 km (28’622 miles). The pair drove a 50-hp Adler Standard 6 automobile that was unmodified save for two lounge seats, added to give extra comfort. The entire trip took 2 years, 1 month and encompassed 23 countries. The following year, Stinnes and Söderström, who had met just two days prior to their departure in 1927, married.

Guinness Book of World Records 2014.

Storeck Tommy (w2659)

Storeck Tommy (w2659)

  • Description: Accompanied by his wife, they are depicted as two cowboys in the postcard
  • 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: Rund um die Welt. Storeck Tommy Ehepaar, aus Mexico - Holland, Belgien, Frankreich, Spanien, Portugal, Schweiz, Jugoslavien, Oesterreich, Ungarn, Polen, Danemark, Deutschland
Sullivan Colin (w2661)

Sullivan Colin (w2661)

  • Description: Captain Colin Sullivan ventured into the open sea on multiple occasions with his 'Lone Star'. The two main journeys, documented by his postcards, took him from England to Sydney (1935) and from London to Africa
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Capt. Sullivan
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Canoa, Kayak
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Capt. Sullivan and "Lone Star" in which he voyaged from England to Africa
Stojar Martin (w2656)

Stojar Martin (w2656)

  • Description: Departing from Prague in 1919, Martin Stojar embarked on a round-the-world trip on foot
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Czech Republic, Repubblica Ceca, République Tchèque
  • 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: Sportsman international - le premier sourd-muet de la République Tchéco-Slovaque accomplissant le tour du monde à pied
Stringfield Bessie (w3189)

Stringfield Bessie (w3189)

  • Description: Bessie Stringfield was a pioneering African-American motorcyclist and the first woman to ride solo across all 48 contiguous U.S. states. Starting in 1930, she embarked on eight long-distance solo trips - often on unpaved roads - riding a 1928 Indian Scout and later Harley-Davidsons
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Motorcycle Queen of Miami
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Stringfield
  • Multimedia: https://bessiefilm.com
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896493
Szilassy Aladar (w2673)

Szilassy Aladar (w2673)

  • Description: The two globetrotters depicted in the postcard embarked on a round-the-world walk 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
Stokes Harry R. (w2657)

Stokes Harry R. (w2657)

  • Description: On November 1, 1889, Stokes began a round-the-world journey accompanied by George W. Burston: they were the first Australians to undertake the venture. With their velocipedes (penny-farthing machines), they left Melbourne heading for Sydney. Their route touched Java, Singapore, India, Egypt, Europe. They returned to Australia via the United States, where, however, they did not use their bikes. They described their journey in the book "Round the World on Bicycles"
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1860-1918
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Velocipede, Vélocipède
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Booth Anne L., Riding high: Burston & Stokes centenary ride, 1888-1988, Bicycle Victoria, 1988. Burston G. W., Stokes H. R., Round the world on bicycles, Melbourne, George Robertson and Company, 1890.
Sulkowsky Zoltán, Bartha Gyula (w3187)

Sulkowsky Zoltán, Bartha Gyula (w3187)

  • Description: Zoltán Sulkowsky and Gyula Bartha were Hungarian long‑distance motorcyclists who completed a motorcycle journey around the world between 1928 and 1936. Over eight years, they covered approximately 170,000 km (105,600 miles) on a Harley‑Davidson with sidecar, visiting 68 countries across six continents. The journey received widespread media attention: in 1935, they arrived in London and were covered by British, American, Singaporean, and Indian press
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Hungary, Ungheria, Hongrie
  • 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Sulkowsky_and_Gyula_Bartha
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17023152
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The New York Times, January 27, 1932. Sulkowsky, Zoltán. Around the World on a Motorcycle: 1928 to 1936. Whitehorse Press, 2008.

TWO ON MOTORCYCLE HERE ON WORLD TOUR; Students Started From Budapest in 1928 -- Have Visited 43 Lands and Gone 65,000 Miles.

Sztavjanik Gustav (w3100)

Sztavjanik Gustav (w3100)

  • Description: After completing mandatory schooling and a bank apprenticeship, Gustav Sztavjanik remained unemployed until he met Indian cyclist and journalist Fram Jamsetjie Davar in Vienna. Together, from November 1924 to October 1931, they embarked on a bicycle journey around the world, covering 110'000 km and visiting 47 countries. During their travels, they crossed the Sahara from north to south and the Andes, and participated in numerous bicycle races, setting multiple records. To fund their journey, Sztavjanik and Davar capitalized on their adventure: Davar wrote articles and a book, while Sztavjanik, after the trip, gave slide lectures across Austria for several years, gave interviews, and published travel memoirs in newspapers. He meticulously collected travel notes, autographs of eminent personalities like American President Hoover who received them, newspaper clippings, and other travel mementos. After Sztavjanik's death in 1944, the accumulated material passed to his heirs and eventually to cyclist artist Hermann Härtel, who published a biography with Maria Rennhofer
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1907-1944
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
  • Internet: https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_S/Sztavjanik_Gustav_1907_1944.xml
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1477820
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hermann Härtel, Maria Rennhofer. Mit dem Zweirad um die Welt. Haymon, Innsbruck 2000.

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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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