- Description: Harry Bensley set off on a world tour wearing an iron mask as part of a bet. Known as “The Man in the Iron Mask” or “The Masked Walker”, his goal was to win the $100'000 prize put up by the bet between John Pierpoint Morgan and Hugh Cecil Lowther Lonsdale. He started from Trafalgar Square on January 1, 1908. Subsequent attestations are rare, leaving doubts about the actual completion of the project
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Man in the Iron Mask; The Masked Walker
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1876-1956
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bensley
- Multimedia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20071218.shtml
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5667285
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: The man with the iron mask walking round the world for a $21'000 wager
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- Description: At the end of the 19th century, Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, founder of the Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano, traveled the roads of Calabria and Basilicata
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1926
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Vittorio_Bertarelli
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3840250
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bertarelli, L. V. Insoliti viaggi: L’appassionante diario di un precursore. 1. ed. Reportage 1900. Milano: Touring club italiano, 2004.
- Description: In the 1930s, Fred Birchmore embarked on a round-the-world bicycle journey, covering approximately 25'000 miles. The stories from his trip are detailed in the book "Around the World on a Bicycle". Fred named his bicycle "Bucephalus," after Alexander the Great's horse. In 1939, he rode from Athens to New York, a distance of 12'000 miles, on a bicycle he named "Pegasus." Both bicycles have become part of the collection at the Smithsonian Institute
- 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.smithsonianmag.com/history/fred-birchmores-amazing-bicycle-trip-around-the-world-1462409/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Birchmore F. A., Around the world on a bicycle, Cucumber Island Storytellers, 1996.
Fred Birchmore’s Amazing Bicycle Trip Around the World. The American cyclist crossed paths with Sonja Henje and Adolf Hitler as he transversed the globe on Bucephalus, his trusty bike
- Description: Vittorio Beonio Brocchieri combined his academic career with work as a pilot and foreign correspondent for Corriere della Sera in the 1930s. In 1930, he flew to Greenland in a Caproni Ca.100 biplane, where he identified human remains and climbed an area later named Brocchieridalen. Between 1931 and 1934, he undertook long-distance flights such as Milan–Baghdad, Sudan, and Rome–Irkutsk–Rome; during these journeys he also visited gold mines in Kolyma, where political prisoners were employed. His reports as aviator and correspondent were published in books including Viaggio attorno al mondo (1933), Da solo, traverso i cieli (1934), Al vento delle steppe (1935), Cieli d’Etiopia (1936), Vita selvaggia (1938), In volo traverso i secoli (1941), and Il Marco Polo (1952)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1902-1979
- 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://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Beonio_Brocchieri
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4015296
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Beonio Brocchieri Vittorio, Viaggio attorno al mondo, Milano, Mondadori, 1933. Al vento delle steppe. Beonio Brocchieri Vittorio, Il mio volo attraverso la Russia sovietica, Milano, Hoepli, 1935.
- Description: German writer engaged in a worldwide study tour
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Lo scrittore germanico. In viaggio a scopo di studio
- Description: Isabella Bird was a renowned British explorer, writer, and photographer of the 19th century. Born in 1831, she began traveling for health reasons and became known for her journeys to remote locations. She visited America, Australia, India, the Middle East, the Far East, and Africa. In 1856, Isabella Bird published The Englishwoman in America, the first of what would be many books of her travels around the world. Adopting a tone of aloof bemusement, she describes in detail the hardships and annoyances of her travels by sea from England to Halifax, and on the road to Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The book's 20 chapters are full of keenly observed and entertainingly told stories of pickpockets and luggage thieves, greasy hotels, and Americans who are very polite, but have the unfortunate habit of spitting on the floor. Isabella Bird's A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains documents her travels through the Rocky Mountains in 1873. The book is composed of letters written by Bird to her sister during her journey. She provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, wildlife, and the rugged conditions of the frontier areas of Colorado. Bird also recounts her encounters with various people, including miners and pioneers, and details her experiences with the unique challenges posed by the harsh and often unpredictable mountain environment. Among her most famous works is "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan", an account of her travels in Japan. Bird was the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Geographical Society. She passed away in 1904, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential travelers of her time
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1831-1904
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2999096/How-Victorian-adventuress-Isabella-Bird-braved-wars-survived-malaria-ignored-scorn-countrymen-best-selling-travel-writer-photojournalist.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288210
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Bird I., Isabella Bird, Una lady nel West: tra pionieri, serpenti e banditi sulle Montagne Rocciose, EDT, 1998. Scatamacchia C., Nellie Bly: Un'avventurosa giornalista e viaggiatrice americana dell'Ottocento, Perugia: Morlacchi Editore, 2002.
Life of a Victorian adventuress: Incredible story of clergyman's daughter who braved malaria, floods and wars to trek across China
- Description: Mr. Berrang, likely accompanied by his wife, appears in postcards with two wagons used to cover the distance from Connecticut to California
- 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: Connecticut to California
- Description: On October 15, 1923, three members of the Bombay Weightlifting Club, Adi B. Hakim, Jal P. Bapasola, and Rustom B. Bhumgara, embarked on a round-the-world bicycle tour. They covered a route of 44'000 miles in three years and three months. Their adventure was chronicled in a book, still available in a recently published version, titled "The World on a Bicycle"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Noble cycle & motor Co. - This Royal bassett (?) bicycle was used by the world tourists in their tour round the world. The machine has done 40.000 miles
Just in their twenties and living off a shoestring budget, three young Parsis, one from Baroda, ventured on the first ever trip around the world on bicycles on October 15, 1923. The trio covered 44,000 miles in three years and three months across 27 countries and four continents. On their return, Adi Hakim from Vadodara, Jal Bapasola from Mumbai and Rustom Bhumgara from Pune, who later became a freedom fighter, wrote a book of their memoirs from the epic journey, of which but a few copies still exist. The original book includes a foreword by Jawarharlal Nehru and comments from leaders around the world like Benito Mussolini and Calvin Coolidge.”
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- Description: Francis Edwin Birtles (1881-1941) was an Australian explorer and adventurer known for his extensive bicycle and car journeys across Australia and other parts of the world. He gained fame for covering long distances in challenging conditions, often crossing deserts and remote regions. His notable journeys included a west-to-east crossing of Australia by bicycle and the first north-to-south car crossing of the continent. Birtles documented his travels with photographs and writings, significantly contributing to the geographical and cultural understanding of Australia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1881-1941
- 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: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections-search/display?irn=37917
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5480241
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