- Description: Frank Lenz started his global tour in 1892 on a "safety-bicycle" Victor with pneumatic tires (invented by John Dunlop in 1888). He cycled solo across the United States from East to West, entered China, reached Burma, India, and Persia. His adventures were regularly featured in "Outing" magazine. His journey ended tragically in Turkey, just before Erzurum, where he was murdered
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1867-1894
- 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lenz_(cyclist)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1443278
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Herlihy D. V., The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
- Description: In a commemorative postcard, Massimo Leuret claimed to be undertaking a 60,000-kilometer (37,282 miles) journey around the world. According to Libera Stampa (January 7, 1921), he departed from Geneva on January 1, 1914, cycling across Germany, Russia, Siberia, Japan, and later through the South American republics. He reached France at Le Havre on November 30, 1920. The journey took place under the auspices of the Swiss Touring Club, which stipulated that he could only travel on foot or by bicycle across the continents. During the Atlantic crossing from New York to Le Havre, he worked for the Compagnie Transatlantique to finance his passage. Upon his arrival in Nice, he expected to be back in Geneva within six weeks, thereby completing a world tour that lasted seven years and covered 60,000 km (37,282 miles)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Max Leuret
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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: Libera Stampa, January 7, 1921.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour du monde (60.000 kilomètres) itinéraire: Genève, berne, Berlin, Moscow, Wladivostok, Tokio, Kobe, Panama, Valparaiso, Buenos-Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Tampa, New-York, Québec, Le Havre, Marseille. J'offre cette carte à votre bonne volonté. Max Leuret und Frau (Schweizer Globe-trotter) Rund um die Welt zu Fuss 40.000 km. Kontroll-Buch wird auf Wunsch vorgelegt
Il giro del mondo in bicicletta. Nizza, 6. - Il globe-trotter Massimo Leurct, svizzero, è arrivato a Nizza. Egli compì il giro del mondo in bicicletta.
- Description: According to Italian press reports from September 1932, Giuseppe Lista, aged 43, was said to have completed the “Giro d’Italia” seven times using a three-wheeled carriage. The article described his travels as an unusual and enduring feat
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1889-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: La Stampa, September 28, 1932.
- Description: Henri Papillaud and L. Leroy were two Parisian journalists who in 1895 set off on a round-the-world trip without money. They published a newspaper titled "En Route. Journal of the two Parisian reporters Henri Papillaud and L. Leroy"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: En Route, Journal de H. Papillaud et L. Leroy. Les Deux Journalistes Français Partis sans Un Sou de Paris Pour Faire Le Tour Du Monde. 1895.
- Description: The two young men from New York tackled the classic trans-American journey on their roller skates
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Roller skates, Pattini, Patins
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: New York to San Francisco on rollers
- Description: Leon Ray Livingston, known as A-No.1, published 13 books and became somewhat of a "king of hobos." In 1894, he traveled the 3'260 miles between New York and San Francisco in 11 days and 6 hours. From 1883, he covered a total of 500'000 miles at a total expense of $7.61
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: A-No.1
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1872-1944
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ray_Livingston
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6524844
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Livingston L. R., Life and adventures of A--no. 1, America's most celebrated tramp, A-No. 1, 2010.
- Description: In 1885, he claimed to have traveled the roads of the United States with a piglet following a bet
- 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: P. B. Lespinasse, of Spring Valley, Rockland County, N. Y., having made and lost a wager with a neighbouring farmer on the recent Presidential election, will walk from New York City to Washington D.C., carrying a live pig and rooster. Will start about the first of February from Madison Square, New York City, and arrive in Washington on the eve of March 3d. As a means of defraying the expense of himself and the winner, will dispose of these photographs to democrats and republicans. In fulfilling the above wager, the loser will redeem the amount lost on his return to Rockland County
- Description: The two ladies, Bertha Kimball and Mae Lille, depicted in their postcard dressed as an American soldier from World War I, undertook a journey on foot from Indianapolis, Indiana, to San Francisco, California. It was a trek of about 2'500 miles
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: New York magazine, vol. 14, 1981.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Walking from Indpls to Frisco
- Description: Mary Livingstone, born Mary Moffat, accompanied her husband David on various exploratory missions in Africa
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Scottish, Scozzese, Ecossais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1821-1862
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Africa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Livingstone_(n%C3%A9e_Moffat)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6718112
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: M. Forster, Good wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie & me, 1845-2001, London: Chatto & Windus, 2001.
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