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EN - Description: Fay and June Shea, accompanied by Kittle Bebertz, walked the 700 miles from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco. Their aim was to reach the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in the Californian city in 1915
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Oregon Daily Journal, February 26, 1915, page 5.
- Description: The tour of Germany undertaken by Mr. Beer in the company of his son
- 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: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Köln a. Rhein
- Description: Gertrude Bell, born into a privileged British family, became a renowned traveler, archaeologist, and political officer. Her uncle, Sir Frank Lascelles, was the British minister in Tehran, which she visited in 1892, describing it as "paradise". Her travels extended to the Middle East, where she became fluent in several languages and developed a passion for mountaineering, even naming a peak in the Bernese Alps after her. She published several books, including "Persian Pictures" and "Syria: The Desert and the Sown", sharing her insights on the regions she explored. Notably, her travels led to her imprisonment in Ha'il and eventual election as a Fellow of the Geographical Society
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1868-1926
- 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.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231360
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wallach J., Desert Queen, Anchor Books, 2005.
- 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: One of the four 'Overland Westerners': between 1912 and 1915, he rode to all 48 state capitals in the United States. In total, the group traveled 20'352 miles and to fund their journey, the members made public appearances in cities
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Overland Westerners
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: First to ride horseback to all fifty states. George and his horse, Pinto, made their historic ride in 1912. They ended their ride in San Francisco, expecting a hero's welcome. Instead, they were hardly noticed. They both died tragic deaths without fame or fortune
- Description: Ana Beker, an Argentine born to Lithuanian immigrants and a lifelong equestrian, was inspired by a lecture from Aimé Felix Tschiffely, who famously rode from Buenos Aires to New York. Tschiffely, known as "Chifeli," detailed his 10'000-mile journey through varied terrains in the New World with his horses Mancha and Gato. Beker, after meeting Tschiffely, shared her own ambitious plan to ride from Argentina to Ottawa, Canada, covering 17'000 miles. Despite Tschiffely's skepticism about her success due to her gender, Beker remained undaunted. However, her journey faced tragedy when her two horses, Principe and Churrito, died in Bolivia
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: http://www.thelongridersguild.com/Beker-story.htm
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ana Beker, The Courage to Ride: One Woman's 17,000-Mile Mounted Odyssey from Argentina to Canada, Paperback, 2001
- Description: Gertrude Emily Benham was a British explorer and mountaineer, one of the most tireless women travellers of her time. She spent most of her life roaming the world, walking more than 29,000 km (18,000 miles). She climbed peaks in Switzerland, India, and Africa, including Mount Kilimanjaro and several Himalayan summits. She travelled through Asia, North and South America, Africa, and Oceania, often alone and with minimal resources, supporting herself through sketching and writing. She donated a large collection of artefacts to the Plymouth Museum. She died in 1938 aboard a ship off the West Indies during one of her last journeys
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Truda Benham
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1867-1938
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Benham
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16014284
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Benham, Gertrude E. Auntie’s Travels. London: [s.n.], 1938. Fleming, Fergus. Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration. New York: Grove Press, 2001. Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. Gertrude Benham Collection. Plymouth: Plymouth City Council, 1939.
- Description: Sebastiano Bernardoni and Florance Bégué embarked on a bicycle journey from Thailand on January 27, 2015, and arrived in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. From there, they continued their journey to Paris
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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
- Internet: https://sebaflovelo.wordpress.com
- Multimedia: http://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/albachiara/Fondazione-Amilcare-una-speranza-per-gli-adolescenti-6440602.html
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Dalla Thailandia a Parigi, Intervista a Rete1
- Description: One of the four 'Overland Westerners': between 1912 and 1915, he rode to all 48 state capitals of the United States. In total, the group covered 20'352 miles. To fund their journey, they made public appearances in cities
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Overland Westerners
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: First to ride horseback to all fifty states. George and his horse, Pinto, made their historic ride in 1912. They ended their ride in San Francisco, expecting a hero's welcome. Instead, they were hardly noticed. They both died tragic deaths without fame or fortune
- Description: Jean Béliveau set out on August 18, 2000, with the goal of walking around the world to promote 'Peace and non-violence for the benefit of the children of the world'. His endeavor was a success: 75'000 km and 54 pairs of shoes later, he returned to Canada in October 2011
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
- 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: http://www.wwwalk.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2562469
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- 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
- Description: Berney traveled in Africa and the Americas. In 1958, he presented a report of his travels at the French Language Circle in Lugano: Henry-Maurice Berney included in his report some curious anecdotes (...) about the difficulties that travelers face in the age of jet engines. While previously the Geneva-New York journey could be completed in just over six hours, it now takes at least three weeks to obtain a visa for the United States. And what about all the tricks used by border guards and customs officers in underdeveloped countries to squeeze bribes out of white travelers
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: 26'000 km attraverso l'Africa orientale a fianco di un instancabile giramondo, Corriere del Ticino, 6 dicembre 1958
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