- Description: In 1921, Thomas Drake sailed solo along the Pacific coast from Seattle to the Galapagos. The boat, manned by this spry sixty-year-old, was supposed to continue towards Cape Horn, but a theft committed by local natives prevented Drake from continuing his journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: Pacific Ocean, Pacifico, Pacifique
- Description: Louis Dag, accompanied by Victor Dumont and Baptiste Souque, challenged his physical disability by walking the roads of Europe
- 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: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Unis par le malheur - Dag Louis, ex- opticien Dumont Victor, paralysé Souque Baptiste, ex-empl. de commerce
- Description: Amelia Earhart's travels, particularly her famous solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932, mark a milestone in the history of women's aviation. As an aviation pioneer, Earhart undertook numerous record flights and broke many gender barriers in the field of aviation
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1897-1939
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Plane, Aeroplano, Avion
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3355
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart:_The_Final_Flight
- Description: Between 1849 and 1851, Gustave Flaubert and Maxime du Camp undertook a literary and cultural journey through the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. Their route included Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Greece, and Italy. Driven by aesthetic, documentary, and philological motivations, the journey represented an intellectual rite of passage and a formative experience of engaging with Oriental otherness. Their accounts, especially Flaubert’s “Voyage en Orient,” belong to the broader corpus of nineteenth-century travel literature
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1822–1894
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Du_Camp
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918268
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Du Camp, Maxime. Égypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie : dessins photographiques recueillis pendant les années 1849, 1850 et 1851. Paris: Gide & Baudry, 1852.
- Description: Patrick Durney covered the 150 miles between Dublin and Belfast while balancing on a ball. He later utilized his skills as a balancer at the 'Poole and Bosco's Circus'
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- 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: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Champion Ball Walker of the World, Dublin to Belfast, 150 miles
- Description: Isabelle Eberhardt, born in 1877, was a Swiss explorer and writer renowned for her daring travels in North Africa. Converted to Islam, she traversed the Sahara disguised as a man, taking the name Si Mahmoud Essadi. Her explorations were driven by a deep yearning for freedom and a fascination with Arab and Islamic culture. Through her writings, she captured the essence of the desert and the life of nomadic tribes, challenging the social norms of her time. Despite her short life, she left a lasting legacy as a trailblazing woman and fearless adventurer
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mahmoud Saadi
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1877-1904
- 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/Isabelle_Eberhardt
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271903
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Eberhardt I., La via del deserto, Ibis, 2003. Mackworth C., The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt, Quartet Books, 1977.
- Description: Dimitru Dan was a Romanian explorer known for his feats in the realm of travel and adventure. Born in Romania, Dan spent much of his life exploring remote and unknown lands. Some of his claims have raised doubts in subsequent research
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Romania
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1890-1978
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumitru_Dan
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2891399
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Primul Campion Mondial
In 1908, the Touring club de France announced a contest for walking around the world, with an offered prize of 100,000 francs. Dumitru Dan and his countrymen Paul Pârvu, George Negreanu and Alexandru Pascu were all students in Paris at the time, and they decided to take up the challenge, using their own money and resources.
- Description: Franz Dziadek, a long-distance runner from East Prussia, launched in 1928 a global footrace known as the “Hindenburg run around the world,” with the sanction of German President Paul von Hindenburg. On October 1, 1928, he departed Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, accompanied by friends and supporters, with the goal of circling the globe and returning on the President’s 82nd birthday. His planned route included Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Constantinople, Cairo, Jerusalem, Tehran, Afghanistan, and Australia. From Sydney he intended to sail to San Francisco, run across the United States to New York, and return via Rotterdam to Berlin
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Paris Time, October 21, 1928. The New York Times, October 1, 1928.
- Description: Cart pulled by goats from San Diego to New York
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Capitain
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: From San Diego, California, to New York, N.Y.
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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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Museum of Travel and Tourism is a virtual museum dedicated to travel and tourism, founded in 2016. It began as a research platform focused on the biographies of women and men travelers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and has gradually expanded to include contemporary journeys.
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