- Description: Norton, accompanied by two horses and a cow, traveled the roads of the United States on a cart propelled by a Revelation
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: S. J. Norton of San José, Calif. traveling over the nation warning of the immediate coming of Jesus, and the necessity for universal repentance and being born again
- Description: Louis Ortegue describes himself in his postcard as a pedestrian champion: 1'100 kilometers in 11 days Turin-Marseille-Barcelona
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Premier champion pédestre de France recordman des 1100 kilometres in 11 giorni. Turin-Marseille-Barcelone
- 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 des deux reporters parisiens"
- 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: Globetrotter of whom few details are known
- 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: -
- Description: Tour of the United States in the 1930s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Artist of the old West
- 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: Orville Ewing - Pritchett, Colorado. The old west still lives. Orville Ewing and his touring menagerie
Orville Ewing billed himself as an "artist from the Old West". He traveled the United States with his covered wagon/trailer and menagerie for about 30 years starting in 1938.
- Description: G. Pardon set off on June 15, 1925, for a 'study trip' around the world, financing his initiative by selling his postcards
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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, 56.000 km en 5 ans par le marcheur français G. Pardon. Parti de Paris, j'ai traversé la France, la Belgique, la Hollande, le Luxembourg, l'Allemagne, la Suisse, l'Italie, l'Espagne et le Maroc. Cette carte est vendue à votre générosité
- Description: T. P. Orchard and Carl M. Kron set off from Santa Cruz, California, towards Atlantic City, New Jersey, walking 10'000 miles. According to their postcard, they were the world record holders for the 100 miles with a time of 21 hours and 56 minutes
- 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: The hikers, walking 10,000 miles from Santa Cruz, Cal., to Atlantic City, N. J., and return. World's champion long distance walkers, holders of world's record for 100 miles, time 21 hrs. and 56 min
- Description: H. Papillaud and L. Leroy were two French journalists who, in 1895, departed from Paris with the declared aim of completing a round-the-world journey without money, relying on ingenuity and the hospitality of those they met. Their adventure is recorded in 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). Published the same year, the book takes the form of a travel diary describing the stages of the journey, the challenges faced, and the various methods used to sustain themselves
- 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: Giro del mondo, Around the World, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Papillaud, H., et L. Leroy. 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. Paris, 1895
- Description: Luigi Pasta, from Turin and a member of the Turin Walking Society, undertook to walk around Italy while pushing a wheelbarrow. The planned route was about 3,000 km (1,860 miles). The peculiar challenge lay in the rule that Pasta could never abandon the wheelbarrow, which had to remain with him while eating and sleeping, serving as a symbolic “snail’s shell.” He was accompanied by Giuseppe Ferino, tasked with monitoring him and helping to raise funds by selling illustrated postcards
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, July 9, 1923.
3000 chilometri spingendo una cariola. Globe-trotter ne abbiamo visti e ne vediamo tutti i giorni: sportsmen che fanno chi il giro del mondo in aeroplano, chi in auto e chi anche, più comodamente, in un lussuoso yacht. Ma fare il giro d’Italia a piedi spingendo una carriola e guadagnandosi il vitto — non diciamo l’alloggio, perché nell’estate l’albergo della luna o quello delle stelle è sempre gratuito — non è cosa troppo comune né tanto facile.
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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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