- Description: Albert MacDonald was the fourth athlete to cross central Australia by bicycle. In 1898, he traveled from Darwin to Adelaide in 29 days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
- Internet: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-191568095/view?partId=nla.obj-191568832#page/n5/mode/1up
- Description: John Henry Mears set the world speed record for circumnavigation twice. In 1913, between July 2 and August 6, he completed a round-the-world trip starting from New York in 35 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes. In 1928, he established a new record by completing the journey in 23 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1878-1956
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Mears
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6238886
On July 2, 1913, he left New York City on the RMS Mauretania, then traveled by a combination of steamers, yachts, and trains to circumnavigate the Earth and reach New York City again on August 6, 1913. He had an elapsed time of 35 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 18 and four-fifths seconds. His world record stood for 13 years. In 1928, he set the record again at 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds. In the same year he wrote an autobiography called Racing the Moon.
- Description: Werner Mehnert from Leipzig is a globetrotter accompanied by a large Saint Bernard
- 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: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zu Fuss durch Deutschland Bitte helfen Sie uns. Seid gut und lieb allen Tieren!
- Description: At the end of the nineteenth century, Harold and Hattie McIlrath completed a world tour by bicycle sponsored by the Chicago daily "Inter Ocean". Departing from Chicago on April 10, 1895, they covered 28,000 miles in three years: Hattie became one of the first women to accomplish the feat (the first woman appears to have been Annie Londonderry). As her husband wrote: "When I consented to the plan of going around the world, I intended to make the trip alone, but my wife pleaded so hard to accompany me that I finally concluded to take her. She is a brave little girl, and rather than considering her a burden, I now look upon her as having been of great help to me on our memorable voyage. Aside from the fact that she is an expert wheelwoman, she is also an unerring shot. Nerve she possesses in abundance, as all will agree after reading of the adventures which befell us"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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.lepetitbraquet.fr/chron89-Darwin_Harold-McIlrath_Hattie.html
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: McIlrath H. D., Around the world on wheels for the Inter Ocean: the travels and adventures in foreign lands of Mr. and Mrs. H. Darwin McIlrath, Chicago, Inter Ocean Publishing Co., 1898.
When I consented to the plan of going around the world I intended to make the trip alone, but my wife pleaded so hard to accompany me that I finally concluded to take her. She is a brave little girl, and rather than considering her a burden, I now look upon her as having been of great help to me on our memorable voyage.
- Description: Ezra Manning Meeker was an American explorer who traversed the Oregon Trail in 1851 and again in 1905 with an ox-drawn wagon. His feat garnered him some fame, to the extent that he managed to meet Theodore Roosevelt
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Hop King of the World
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1830-1928
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Meeker
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423387
- 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: From Chicago to Carlsbad, New Mexico, journey made in 1928
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Description: The two globetrotters depicted on the postcard embarked on a round-the-world journey on foot in 1910
- 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: Ifj. dr. Szilassy Aladar orvos és Megyercsy Bela ref. lelkipastor, KIE. nemzeti titkar a magyar cserkeszmozgalom meginditoi. 1910
- Description: Tour of Europe by the Three Michel Brothers
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Le tour de l'Europe à pied par les trois frères Michel, journalistes belges, 33.000 kilomètres en 3 ans. Nous avons traversé la Belgique, la France, l'Espagne, le Portugal et de nouveau l'Espagne pour retraverser la France. Notre photographie est présentée comme souvenir et à titre de secours de route. On donne ce que l'on veut. Notre fidèle compagnon est mort en Espagne
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