Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2498)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2498)

  • Description: In the 1910s, three American adventurers embarked on a world tour
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ward J. A., Three men in a Hupp: around the world by automobile, 1910-1912, Stanford University Press, 2003.

In late 1910, three American adventurers set off on a remarkable around-the-world journey by automobile. Sponsored by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation, the trip was intended to publicize the durability of the Hupmobile and help stimulate export sales.

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2519)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2519)

  • Description: August 22, 1928, three friends set off on a trip around the world, a journey of 100'000 kilometers
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Denmark, Danimarca
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Verdensrejse
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2523)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2523)

  • Description: The inscription on the cart's tarpaulin indicates the route that the unnamed globetrotter intends to follow: New York to San Francisco and Canada
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Pioneer Covered Wagon and Pony - Around the World
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2500)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2500)

  • Description: Two globetrotters trekking from Philadelphia to Seattle
  • 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: Souvenir of the two walkers on a 51,000 Wager from Philadelphia to Seattle in 137 days
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2520)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2520)

  • Description: Tour of Germany in six years (1926-1932), with a model of the Flettner ship
  • 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: Europe, Europa
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Mit der Nachbildung des Flettner-Rotors "Rund um Europa"
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2524)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2524)

  • Description: Unknown globetrotter traveling between Europe and Asia, heading eastward
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Im Faltboot nach dem Orient - In the fold-boat to the Orient - En cano jusqu'en Orient - Passau, Wien, Budapest, Schwarzes Meer, Konstantinopel
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2514)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2514)

  • Description: Horse-drawn wagon with a Zeppelin model on the roof
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: 3 unternehmungslustige Burschen reisen durch die Welt
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2522)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2522)

  • Description: Departed from Amsterdam in 1927, the man and woman depicted on the postcard embarked on a two-year bicycle tour of Europe and Africa
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2525)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2525)

  • Description: Journey to the East by an unknown globetrotter in 1902
  • 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: Asia
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zur Erinnerung an meine Orientreise 1902

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Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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