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• 1850 - 1945
• Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
• Primato, Guinness World Records, Records du monde
• Giro del mondo, Around the World, Tour du monde

• Description: George Burston was among the daring pioneers and lovers of the velocipede. Before the introduction of the inner tube, he set a record for 100 miles (161 km) on the road in 8 hours and 9 minutes. On November 1, 1889, he began a world tour with Harry R. Stokes, becoming the first Australians to undertake the endeavor. With their penny-farthing machines, they set off from Melbourne towards Sydney. Their route took them through Java, Singapore, India, Egypt, and Europe. They returned to Australia via the United States, where they did not use their bicycles. They described their journey in the book "Round the World on Bicycles"
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1924
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Velocipede, Vélocipède
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/408343
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Booth Anne L., Riding high: Burston & Stokes centenary ride, 1888-1988, Bicycle Victoria, 1988. Burston G. W., Stokes H. R., Round the world on bicycles, Melbourne, George Robertson and Company, 1890.

Bicycle - H. Bassett & Co, Melbourne, George Burston, 1888. High wheel bicycle of the 'ordinary' or 'spider' type with a 1.422m (56-inch) wheel. This 'Victory' model was assembled in Melbourne from imported components by Henry Bassett & Co. of 4 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1888-89. The frame was nickel-plated. This bicycle was used by Melbourne Bicycle Club member (later President) George Burston on a round-the-world' bicycle journey in 1889-90.

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• Diario di viaggio, Travel journal, Carnet de voyage
• Aforismi, Aphorisms, Aphorismes
• 1850 - 1945
• Donne in viaggio, Women travelling, Femmes en voyage
• Libri digitali, Ebook, Livre éléctroniques
• Destinazioni da evitare, Destinations to avoid, Endroits à éviter

• Description: Isabel Burton (née Arundell) was a British travel writer, editor, and explorer in her own right, though often remembered as the wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton. During their time in Damascus (1869–1871), she disguised herself in men’s clothing to ride into the Arabian desert, producing The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land (1875), rich in cultural and spiritual observation. In 1879 she released Arabia, Egypt, India
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lady Burton
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1831–1896
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Burton
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243110
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Burton, Isabel, The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land, London, 1875. Burton, Isabel, Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel, London, 1879.

I turisti di Cook erano arrivati e con loro passai più tempo possibile, andando a pranzo e a cena alla loro table d'hôte. Dovevano essere circa centottanta e mi assicurarono divertimento e insegnamenti a non finire. Arrivano in una città come locuste ed è un duro lavoro per noi habitués trovare cibo e alloggio durante la loro permanenza. Gli abitanti dicevano: "Ma hum Sayyahin: Hum Kukiyyeh", (questi non sono viaggiatori, sono Cookii); tuttavia non si può non lodare il signor Cook e la sua organizzazione. Dà la possibilità a migliaia di persone, che altrimenti starebbero a casa, di godere dell'éducation d'un voyage, e il viaggio è una necessità per "la nostra ristretta mentalità insulare". Aprirà al turismo paesi ora difficilmente accessibili; il gruppo di Cook non sarà maltrattato o depredato laddove un individuo da solo difficilmente riuscirebbe ad entrare. Il turismo crescerà invece di diminuire, e ogni anno si vedranno nuovi progressi.

Burton, Isabel. The Inner Life of Syria. London: Henry S. King & Co, 1875 (traduzione: Era meglio non partire, RCS Libri, 2008)

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• 1850 - 1945
• Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
• Stati Uniti, United States, États Unis

• Description: In 1912, Edwin J. Bush traveled from his hometown of Portland, Maine, to the namesake Portland in Oregon. He did so by pushing a cart
• 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

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• 1850 - 1945
• Disabilità e viaggio, Accessible travel, Voyage et accessibilité
• Italia, Italy, Italie
• Viaggiatore non vedente, Blind traveller, Voyageur non voyant

• Description: Two blind wanderers, accompanied by a dog, embarked on a walking tour of Italy, covering approximately 3'000 km
• 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

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• 1850 - 1945
• Giro del mondo, Around the World, Tour du monde

• Description: Five-year tandem world tour by the Cadet couple
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
• 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: Le tour du monde. M. et Mme. Cadet ont résolu de faire le tour du monde en tandem. Ils ont la ferme intention d'accomplir ce grand voyage en 5 ans

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• 1850 - 1945
• Europa, Europe

• Description: In 1887, Hugh Callan published a book describing two journeys. The first took him from Germany to the Aegean Sea, while the second allowed him to follow the course of the Rhine River
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• 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
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Callan H., Wanderings on wheel and on foot through Europe, London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887.

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• 1850 - 1945
• Donne in viaggio, Women travelling, Femmes en voyage
• Viaggio documentato, Documented journey, Voyage documenté

• Description: Charlotte Cameron, born Wales‑Almy, was an American-born traveler who reinvented herself as a British aristocrat. She was among the first women to walk parts of Africa - circling approximately 20,000 miles (32,000 km) - and documented colonial injustices. Her travels spanned Scotland (1893), Australia (1921), Alaska, Mexico, and South America. She became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1913 and was awarded the Order of the British Empire after World War I. She preferred to be considered a traveler rather than an explorer
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lady Cameron
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Cameron
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18875494
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Cameron, Charlotte (Mrs.). A Woman’s Winter in Africa: A 26,000‑Mile Journey. 1913.

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• 1850 - 1945
• Disabilità e viaggio, Accessible travel, Voyage et accessibilité
• Stati Uniti, United States, États Unis

• Description: Coast-to-coast journey undertaken by Leon Cameron in 1915
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: World's smallest chaffeur
• 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
• Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Coast to coast and return in 1915. World's Smallest Chauffeur

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• 1850 - 1945
• Primato, Guinness World Records, Records du monde
• Giro del mondo, Around the World, Tour du monde

• Description: In 1907, Colonel Burnley Campbell set the new world record for circumnavigating the globe: 40 days, 19 hours, and 30 minutes
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
• 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

Lieutenant Colonel Burnley Campbell, an Englishman, claims the record after completing the circle of the world In forty days and nineteen and one-half hours. When Jules Verne sent his famous hero of romance, Phileas Fogg, on a tour of the world he allowed him only eighty days, but that was in 1872. According lo the two time schedules, both of which were extraordinary for their day, Campbell came out a whole lap ahead of his predecessor, but the lines of fast travel have changed vastly in thirty-five years.