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EN - Description: Denis Bartell became the first person to walk across the Simpson Desert unassisted in 1984, whilst walking across Australia from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Gulf St Vincent. He followed the 'French Line' - a route taken by the CGG surveyor Roy Elkins 21 years prior who also completed the walk but with the assistance of a support crew. In recognition of his achievement, he was named the Australian Geographic's Adventurer of the Year in 1995
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- 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: Australia
- Internet: http://www.desertwalker.com.au
- 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: The Bauer brothers set off from Buffalo, New York, and headed on horseback to South America
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Bauer Brothers
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Overland to South America
- Description: Beard learned to ride a motorcycle at the age of 16. She began her journey in 1982, after completing her third year of architecture studies, using a BMW R60/6 motorcycle. Before setting off, she added soft panniers, a tank bag, and an additional bag attached to the passenger seat. She started from New York City, United States, after shipping her bike from the United Kingdom. From there, she motorcycled to Canada and Mexico before returning to the US and shipping her bike to Sydney, Australia. In Sydney, she spent eleven months working as an architect before motorcycling across Australia. In Townsville, Queensland, she had an accident that left her hospitalized for two weeks. Afterwards, she traveled to Singapore, where she spent 6 weeks replacing stolen documents and gear; then she traveled into Asia. In Thailand, she collided with a dog and recuperated with a local family. At the time of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the entire state of Punjab was closed. Beard forged the necessary permit to get out of the Punjab region and traveled to Pakistan before returning to Europe via Turkey. She arrived in the United Kingdom in 1984, after traveling 35'000 miles (56'000 km). In doing so, she became the first Englishwoman to motorcycle around the world. When Beard returned from the trip, there was little interest in what she had achieved, as she stated in an interview: "After I got back and nobody was interested in what I'd done, I just shoved everything into the back of the garage. I just kind of moved on with my life." Her 2017 autobiography Lone Rider tells her adventure
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lone Rider
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1959-
- 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.elspethbeard.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23901568
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World, Autobiography, 2017, ISBN 9781782438045
In fact, I wasn’t even sure why I was doing this trip, other than as a distraction from the heartbreak of being dumped by Alex, the guy I thought was going to be the love of my life. That, and a yearning for some adventure and unpredictability in my life after three years spent in stuffy classrooms studying for an architecture degree, had brought me to this place.
Beard, E. (2018) Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World. Michael O’Mara Books Ltd.
So the thought of me, a seventeen-year-old girl who’d ventured only as far as the south coast, now riding around the world on her own? Ridiculous. I wondered if it was the fact that I was female. My friends weren’t chauvinists, but 1970s biker culture was quite primitive.
Beard, E. (2018) Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World. Michael O’Mara Books Ltd.
- 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: Between 1956 and 1959, explorer Cesare Battaglini embarked on a journey on a specially prepared Lambretta 150D from the Innocenti experimental lab in Milan, crossing all continents and covering a total of 160'000 kilometers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Lambretta
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://it.lambrettawatches.com/blogs/nyheter/160000-km-on-lambretta-scooter-the-story-of-dr-cesare-battaglini
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Cesare Battaglini, Ceylon, India, Oriente misterioso ed Africa esplorati col mio scooter. Diario di viaggio, Edizioni Cobra
- Description: The first woman to undertake a solo transatlantic crossing
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantico, Atlantique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Handed_Trans-Atlantic_Race
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Baumann E., Sola contro l'Atlantico, Mursia, 2001.
- Description: A great many equestrian travelers have been inspired by the feats of those who rode before them. However, John Beard stands out as the only horseback traveler directly influenced by the legendary Buffalo Bill Cody. As a child, after visiting Cody's iconic Wild West show, Beard dreamed of experiencing the Wild West on horseback. It took over sixty years from seeing the flamboyant showman for Beard and his wife Lulu to embark on their dream journey. In 1948, riding a matched pair of horses, Black Diamond and Black Fairy, the Beards set off to traverse the Old Oregon Trail. Their 2'500-mile journey from Oregon to Missouri was a testament to endurance, braving weariness, thirst, hunger, hardship, and danger as they followed the path of their pioneer ancestors. Their adventure, richly documented with photographs, is captured in "Saddles East"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: USA
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Beard J., Saddles East: Horseback Over the Old Oregon Trail, Long Riders' Guild Press, 2001.
- 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: 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
- Description: Accompanied by his wife, in the 1920s, R. E. Baxter embarked on several walking adventures, sponsored by 'Arch' shoes. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, the couple visited the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada, covering a total of 50'000 miles, according to newspapers of the time
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: 50,000 Miles on foot
- Description: Mark “Monty” Beaumont was a sport-loving kid with a taste for adventure. At 15, he cycled across the United Kingdom, covering 1,670 km from Lands End to John O'Groats. When Monty learned that Steven Strange had completed a round-the-world bike trip in 276 days, 19 hours, and 15 minutes, he decided to take on the challenge. His incredible race began on August 5, 2007, in Paris, where he would return 194 days and 17 hours later, setting a new record. The adventure was broadcast by the BBC in the program "The Man who Cycled the World"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Monty
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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
- Internet: http://www.markbeaumontonline.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1165388
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Man Who Cycled The World: Amazon.co.uk: Mark Beaumont: Books. ASIN 0552158445
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