- Description: Carl Stearns Clancy was one of the first motorcyclists to ride around the world, an achievement completed between 1912 and 1913. He set out from New York with Walter Rendell Storey on two Henderson Four motorcycles—934 cc engines, 7 horsepower—and crossed Europe, Africa, and Asia, reaching as far as Japan before returning to the United States via the Pacific, covering roughly 18'000 miles in 10 months
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1890-1971
- 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/Carl_Stearns_Clancy
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16006940
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Frazier, Gregory W. Motorcycle Adventurer: Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World 1912–1913. iUniverse, 2010.
- 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: Elizabeth Sarah “Nina” Mazuchelli was an English travel writer and explorer. In 1869–1871, while living in Darjeeling, she undertook a two‑month Himalayan expedition, traversing glaciers and ridges between Sikkim and Bhutan. Her 1876 book, The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, recounts the journey with illustrations she made herself
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Nina, Lady Pioneer
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1832–1914
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sarah_Mazuchelli
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84418935
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, 1876.
- Description: Tiziano Terzani was an acclaimed Italian journalist and writer renowned for his lifelong reporting from Asia. As Der Spiegel’s Asian correspondent from 1971, he lived in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, and Bangkok—later settling in India in 1994. He witnessed historic events including the fall of Saigon, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Maoist China, and the end of the Soviet bloc. His reportage collected in In Asia blends geopolitical insight with cultural and human detail. In A Fortune‑Teller Told Me (1998), he recounts an entire year avoiding planes due to a prophecy, traveling across Asia overland and rediscovering a continent of ordinary people, mystics, and transformations between tradition and modernity. Letters Against War (2004) offers thoughtful reflections after 9/11 on empathy, peace, and the limitations of Western judgment. The End Is My Beginning (2006), written with his son Folco, serves as both memoir and spiritual testament
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1938-2004
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44534
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Terzani, Tiziano. Un indovino mi disse. Milano: TEA, 1995.
E io che dico: non sono un intellettuale, sono solo un aspirapolvere: giro per il mondo raccogliendo storie. Sempre più isolato. Nessuno vuole davvero ascoltare. Dovrò aspettare un’altra occasione per essere riscoperto.
Tiziano Terzani, Un'idea di destino. Diari di una vita straordinaria
Ho scoperto prestissimo che i migliori compagni di viaggio sono i libri: parlano quando si ha bisogno, tacciono quando si vuole silenzio. Fanno compagnia senza essere invadenti. Danno moltissimo, senza chiedere nulla.
Tiziano Terzani, Un indovino mi disse
Ogni posto è una miniera. Basta lasciarcisi andare. Darsi tempo, stare seduti in una casa da tè a osservare la gente che passa, mettersi in un angolo del mercato, andare a farsi i capelli e poi seguire il bandolo di una matassa che può cominciare con una parola, con un incontro, con l'amico di un amico di una persona che si è appena incontrata e il posto più scialbo, più insignificante della terra diventa uno specchio del mondo, una finestra sulla vita, un teatro di umanità dinanzi al quale ci si potrebbe fermare senza più il bisogno di andare altrove. La miniera è esattamente là dove si è: basta scavare.
Tiziano Terzani, Il missionario e lo stregone, 1997
Viaggiare era sempre stato per me un modo di vivere e ora avevo preso la malattia come un altro viaggio: un viaggio involontario, non previsto, per il quale non avevo carte geografiche, per il quale non mi ero in alcun modo preparato, ma che di tutti i viaggi fatti fino ad allora era il più impegnativo, il più intenso.
Tiziano Terzani, Un altro giro di giostra
- Description: Susanna Moodie (née Strickland) was born in Suffolk, England, in 1803 and emigrated to Upper Canada with her family in 1832. Settling near Peterborough, Ontario, she chronicled her settler experience in Roughing It in the Bush (1852), a candid and often witty account that became a pioneer’s guide for British emigrants. Its sequel Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush (1853) reflects on moving into settlement towns, combining realism with introspection and critique
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1803–1885
- 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/Susanna_Moodie
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396169
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Moodie, Susanna Strickland, Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada, London 1852. Moodie, Susanna Strickland, Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush, 1853.
- Description: Sir Francis Galton was an English explorer, anthropologist, and scholar, known for his expedition to Southwest Africa between 1850 and 1852, during which he crossed little-known regions using camels and river boats. The account of this journey, Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, earned him the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. After returning to England, marked by the difficulties encountered during the expedition, Galton set out to pass on the skills he had acquired to travelers and soldiers. In 1855, he published The Art of Travel (London: John Murray, 1860), a manual devoted to survival and self-sufficiency in challenging environments, which was also used by explorers such as Sir Richard Francis Burton. The book brings together practical guidance on various topics, including finding water in the desert, handling pack animals, avoiding snake-related risks, and treating injuries. It also includes instructions on organizing an African expedition, riding horses, managing elephants, extracting teeth, and constructing a sleeping bag from fur. The text also contains passages reflecting the cultural context of the time, including references to the management of porters. Illustrated with nineteenth-century drawings, the book is a useful source for the history of exploration and travel practices
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1822–1911
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119691994
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Galton, Francis, The Art of Travel; or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries, London, 1855/1872.
- Description: Jerome K. Jerome was an English humorist famed for Three Men in a Boat (1889), a fictionalized but autobiographical account of a leisurely two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Originally meant as a travel guide, the comic episodes overshadowed serious intent, giving rise to one of the most beloved travel comedy books. In 1891 he authored Diary of a Pilgrimage, chronicling a journey from London to Germany to attend the Oberammergau Passion Play. Witty essays on luggage dilemmas, seasickness, German beds, and local encounters layer the tiny travelogue with charm and gentle satire
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Jerome K. Jerome
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859–1927
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_K._Jerome
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218698
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889. Jerome K. Jerome, Diary of a Pilgrimage, 1891.
- Description: Henry James was an American-born author who later became a naturalized British subject, known for his insightful literary travel writing. In 1882 he embarked on a provincial tour of France, avoiding Paris in favor of smaller towns; these articles, originally published under En Province (1883–84) in The Atlantic Monthly, were later collected in A Little Tour in France (1884) and extensively revised in the 1900 illustrated edition with artwork by Joseph Pennell. Covering places like Tours, Bourges, Toulouse, Arles, and Avignon, James explores architecture, history, local society, and cultural heritage. He famously asserted, "France may be Paris, but Paris is not France"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1843–1916
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170509
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: James, Henry, A Little Tour in France, 1884.
- Description: Egerton K. Laird authored Incidents of Travel in South Africa (1881), documenting approximately three months in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal, and Zululand. The narrative covers stops in cities like Kimberley, boat journeys on rivers, carriage excursions, and close observations of local communities and Zulu life. Though not widely remembered among 19th-century travel writers, Laird provides a noteworthy historical snapshot of the sociopolitical and ethnographic landscape of southern Africa just before the Second Boer War. In 1875 he also published The Rambles of a Globe Trotter, a vivid and detailed account of his journeys through Australasia, Japan, China, Java, India and Kashmir
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76221724
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Laird, Egerton K., Incidents of Travel in South Africa: Being an Account of a Three Months’ Tour in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal and a Ride into Zululand, Birkenhead.
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