- Description: Journey around the world from 1928 to 1944 with a horse-drawn cart
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Sportfreunde Reisen durch die Welt, Naturfreunde Reisen durch die Welt
- Description: From Alaska to Washington in the 1930s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1881-1974
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Slim Williams, The Alaskan Adventurer and Musher Who Became World Famous for Driving His Wolf-Dog Team 5'600 Miles Blazing The Proposed Alaska - U.S. Highway. Slim William International Trail, Blazer, Alaska to Washington D.C., 1933
- Description: F. E. Wilvert traversed the road between Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) and San Francisco (California) on stilts during the Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego from March 9, 1915, to January 1, 1917. The stilts were 10 feet and 8 inches tall (3,25 m)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Stilts, Trampoli, Echasses
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Walking on Stilts From Harrisburg, PA to Panama Pacific Expo, San Francisco CAL
- Description: Round-the-world journey of two men from Essen (Germany)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Others, Altri, Autres
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Wir reisen um die Welt
- Description: James C. Wilson was a long‑distance motorcyclist and author of his autobiography Three‑Wheeling Through Africa. In 1927, he embarked on a roughly five‑month journey from Lagos (Nigeria) to Eritrea, riding a Triumph motorcycle with sidecar—possibly making the first motorized crossing of the African continent
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1900–1995
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Africa, Afrique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson_(motorcyclist)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55614904
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wilson, James C. Three‑Wheeling Through Africa. Indianapolis: Bobbs‑Merrill Company, 1936.
- Description: As a result of a bet, Tom Winder was the first to circumnavigate the perimeter of the United States of America using a bicycle. He departed from New Orleans on March 4, 1895, and traveled 21'600 miles in 274 days
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Winder T. W., Around the United States by bicycle, Elmira, Tom Winder Publisher, 1895.
The greatest test that a bicycle ever withstood! Tom W. Winder's tour around the borders of the United States, 21,600 miles. He wore out ten tires, two suits of clothes and five pairs of shoes in 274 days.
- Description: A route connecting the Mediterranean to the North Sea undertaken by Willemstein and Takkenberg aboard a sort of large tricycle weighing 400 kg
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: L'ex-plongeur et son collègue - Les deux hollandais se rendent de Marseille (France-Midi) à Amsterdam (Hollande), parcourant la même route suivie par le Plongeur d'une distance de 2.000 kil. environ. Ils doivent y arriver le 12 juillet 1925 (?). C'est un pari dont le montant sera publié à leur arrivée à Amsterdam. Contrôle officiel. La vente de leurs photos servira pour subvenir à leurs besoins, le reste sera attribué à une bonne oeuvre. Le poids du tricycle est de 400 kilos. Prix: 0 fr 50. Ceux qui désirent une photo du Plongeur peuvent l'obtenir au prix de 0.50
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- Description: In the 1910s, Robert Wilson circumnavigated the globe with a wheelbarrow sponsored by 'Vuitton' and wearing a colonial helmet
- 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
- Internet: https://www.malle2luxe.fr/malle-louis-vuitton/qui-est-robert-wilson-l-homme-cible-autour-du-monde-avec-sa-malle-vuitton/
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Robert Wilson l'homme cible autour du monde avec sa malle Vuitton
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- Description: Plennie L. Wingo walked backwards along the road from Santa Monica, California, to Istanbul, Turkey, in the 1930s. This unconventional walk of 13'000 kilometers earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. He started on April 15, 1931, and reached his destination on October 24, 1932. He later documented his journey in the book Around the World Backwards
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1895-1993
- 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
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plennie_L._Wingo
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7204545
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wingo P. L., Around the world backwards, The Restless Texan Who Walked, Eakin Press, 1982.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: World's Backward Walking Champion
Plennie Lawrence Wingo (January 24, 1895 – October 2, 1993) walked backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey (about 13,000 km/8,000 miles) from April 15, 1931 to October 24, 1932 at the age of 36.
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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