- Description: Frank Hoff, along with his wife and daughter, traveled 25'000 miles over three years. Beginning their journey in 1923 from New York, they wandered across the United States and Europe, marking a significant family adventure
- 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: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Hiking around U.S. and Europe
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- Description: Heinrich Horstmann embarked on a world tour by bicycle from May 1895 to August 1897
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Horstmann H., Meine Radreise um die Erde vom 2. Mai 1895 bis 16. August 1897, MAXIME, 2000.
- Description: Gustave Hoste offered postcards to support his world tour on foot. Starting from Brussels on September 4, 1903, his goal was to walk 153'000 kilometers
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour du monde à pied sans argent par le journaliste sportif belge Gustave Hoste. Je suis parti de Bruxelles le 4 septembre 1903, à la suite d'un pari, pour faire 153.000 kilomètres à pied, et partir sans argent: je compte, en faisant 50 à 55 kilomètres par jour, réaliser mon voyage en une huitaine d'années. Pour parvenir à mon existence, j'offre ma photographie en carte postale et compte me faire entendre dans les théâtres et cafés-concerts. Je remercie d'avance toute personne qui aurait la bonté de bien vouloir m'aider dans mon entreprise
- Description: Travel experiences of a globetrotter journeying despite having an amputated leg
- 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: Champion one-legged walker. Making his expenses with this card - Anything you give will be greatly appreciated. Visiting every State Capital and cities on 25'000 or over
- Description: World tour of Jules Hosay, world champion of 'walkers'
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Tour du monde à pied par Jules Hosay, belge, champion du monde des marcheurs
- Description: Avid bicycle globetrotter: he claimed to have traveled 250,000 miles with his bicycle purchased in 1887
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: 250'000 miles on bicycle
- Description: Journey undertaken by the Holton family
- 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: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Walking from Dayton, Ohio, to San Francisco, California, pushing their 17-months' baby in a go-cart
- Description: Dorothy Hosmer, born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in 1936, embarked on a journey to Europe aboard the SS President Roosevelt. Her spontaneous decision to cycle from Geneva to Trieste led her to experience adventures across Europe, which she documented in National Geographic Magazine
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1910-2008
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://www.crazyguyonabike.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hosmer D., “Pedaling through Poland: An American girl free-wheels alone from Krakow and its medieval byways, towards Ukraine’s restive borderland”, National Geographic, giugno 1939.
- Description: A 25-year-old traveler claims to have journeyed across various continents, covering a total distance of 32'333 kilometers (20,091 miles)
- 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: Tour du monde à pied - Round the world on foot - Vuelta del mundo à pie
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| Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites |
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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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