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EN - Description: Tour of Europe begun in 1929
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Europa-Fahrt beide Beine gelähmt, zur Bestreitung unserer Aufgaben bieten wir diese Bild zum Andenken an unsere Durchreise an
- Description: Fabrizio Marta, known as Rotex or “Rotellando,” is an Italian blogger and traveler from Villadossola. Born on June 24, he lives with osteogenesis imperfecta and travels by wheelchair, yet he has made exploration his passion. He documents his journeys via rotellando.it, Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms, showing that disability is not a barrier to discovering the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Rotex, Rotellando
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- 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: http://www.rotellando.it
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6mFFK2f4E
- Description: The American traveler referred to in different sources as Martinet, Tal H. Martinet, or Hippolyte Martinet left Seattle on 19 April 1920, barefoot and without money, intending to circle the globe. He carried basic camping gear and was accompanied by a small dog. Along the way, he signed postcards and promoted ideas such as “return to nature for human regeneration” and “a universal language for human harmony". After crossing the United States, he reached Paris in April 1921, where he stayed briefly. That summer he continued his journey through Switzerland and Italy, then traveled on through Albania, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Burma. He entered China in September 1922 but died of malaria on 30 September in Dali (Yunnan), about 1,700 km (1'056 miles) from his intended destination, Hong Kong. He was buried on a hillside near the town
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://jumelage.org/francais/martinet/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Journal de Genève, August 7, 1921. Libera Stampa, August 24, 1921.
Nous avons reçu la visite d'un Américain, M. Martinet, qui fait le tour du monde pieds nus, portant sur son dos son matériel de campement.
- Description: Beatrice Massey's coast-to-coast journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: USA
- Internet: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71685
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Massey B., It might have been worse: a motor trip from coast to coast, Harr Wagner publishing co., 1920.
After reading "By Motor to the Golden Gate" by Emily Post, published in 1916, I was fired by a desire to make a similar tour. This desire grew into a firm determination the more I re-read her charming book.
- Description: Sarah Marquis is a Swiss adventurer and explorer who has been walking solo through the harshest and most remote environments for over two decades. In 2000, she crossed the United States on foot - covering approximately 4,260 km in four months and six days. Between 2002 and 2003, she completed an 14,000 km trek across the Australian outback in 17 months. In 2006, she hiked the Andes from Chile to Machu Picchu - a 7,000 km journey over eight months. Her most iconic endeavor, “ExplorAsia,” was a three-year expedition from Siberia to Australia between 2010 and 2013 - covering about 20,000 km (12,000 miles). In 2015, she spent three months surviving in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, walking 750-805 km across one of the world's last wilderness frontiers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1972-
- 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.sarahmarquis.ch
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17305570
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marquis, Sarah. The desert hiker: 14000 km on foot across the australian outback. Verbier, Eucalype, 2007. Marquis, Sarah. Sauvage par nature: 3 ans de marche extrême en solitaire de Sibérie en Australie. Paris: Michel Lafon, 2014.
- Description: Claude Marthaler, also known as the "Cyclonomad," is a Swiss adventurer who has dedicated much of his life to exploring the world by bicycle. Born in Geneva, Marthaler began his cycling journey in 1994, embarking on an epic seven-year journey that took him over 122'000 kilometers through 60 countries. In addition to being an explorer, Marthaler is also an author and a photographer. He has documented his adventures in various books and articles, sharing his experiences, reflections, and encounters along the way. Among his most famous works is "La Pédale Douce," which recounts his journey around the world by bicycle, offering an intimate look at the joys and challenges of traveling on two wheels
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1960-
- 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.yaksite.org
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pGdTAUfupk
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2977774
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marthaler, Claude. Il Canto Delle Ruote: 7 Anni in Bicicletta Intorno al Mondo. 2008. Print. Altre Terre 15.
- Description: Luigi Masetti is the first and perhaps the most famous Italian cyclist of the nineteenth century. From 1892 to 1900, he traveled tens of thousands of kilometers around the world. In 1892, he covered 3'500 km on the roads of the Old Continent. The following year, sponsored by Corriere della Sera, he left Milan to reach the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1900, he embarked on an 18'000 km journey through Italy, Morocco, Northern Europe, Russia, and Turkey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Anarchico delle due ruote
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1864-1940
- 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: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Masetti
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3839867
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rossi L., L’anarchico delle due ruote: Luigi Masetti: il primo cicloviaggiatore italiano, Milano-Chicago e altre imprese di fine Ottocento, Portogruaro: Ediciclo, 2008.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ricordo del viaggio ciclistico
Pioniere dei viaggi avventurosi e protagonista di grandi imprese, nel 1893 compì il viaggissimo Milano-Londra-Chicago-Londra-Milano in bicicletta. Luigi Masetti era un poeta del viaggio, un eroe del fango e della polvere, un ciclista che riuniva le folle al suo passaggio. L'anarchico delle due ruote, così il fondatore del Corriere della Sera definì il primo cicloviaggiatore del quale si abbia memoria. Il resoconto del suo viaggio venne pubblicato a puntate sulle pagine del Corriere della Sera e un suo lungo ritratto apparve sulla rivista del Touring Club Italiano.
- Description: The runner Paolo Masson, according to what is written in his postcard, is engaged in a world tour on foot with his wife
- 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: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Paolo Masson Corridore pedestre che fa il giro del mondo a piedi e la sua moglie
- Description: Kate Marsden was a British nurse and missionary, best known for her extraordinary journey to Siberia at the end of the nineteenth century. Motivated by philanthropic zeal, she set out to reach the leper colonies of Yakutia. In 1891 she departed from Moscow and travelled roughly 11,200 km (7,000 miles) by horse, sledge, and on foot, facing extreme cold and isolation. She established a leper hospital and gathered first-hand accounts of the disease, later publishing a travel narrative that gained wide attention in Europe
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1859-1931
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Marsden
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546303
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marsden, Kate. On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers. London: Record Press, 1893. Hartley, Janet M. Siberia: A History of the People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Woods, Michael. Women Explorers in Africa: Kate Marsden and Others. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992.
- Description: George Martin set off from New York on September 16, 2007, heading for San Diego, with the goal of raising funds to support the healthcare of first responders injured in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The 3'000 miles of his journey allowed him to raise more than two million dollars
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- 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
- Internet: http://www.ajourneyfor911.info
George Martin was awarded the Heisman Humanitarian Award in 2007. Martin anchored the NY Giants defense as a defensive end from 1975-1988. He served as co-captain of the Giants' Super Bowl championship team in 1986, as well as President of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). Following his career as a professional football player he went on to become a successful business executive and humanitarian.
- Description: The Mason family left Nome, Alaska, in 1908 for a 32'000-mile journey around the world. The goal was to arrive at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915
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- 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
- Description: Characters created by Emilio Salgari in the adventure novel "A Challenge at the Pole," first published in 1909. The story tells of two wealthy protagonists, Master Torpon and Gastone di Montcalm, the former American and the latter Canadian, both wishing to marry the same woman: Ellen Perkins. Since she cannot decide whom to marry, the two suitors challenged each other in countless competitions. Since all matches end in a tie, Gastone di Montcalm decides to issue a final challenge: the first of the two to reach the North Pole will win Ellen's hand. In the end, after Gastone's return to Canada and Torpon's death at the Pole, Ellen Perkins arrives at Gastone's house to marry him. However, Gastone tells her: "Well, Miss, to that victory to which your hand was pledged, I hereby renounce. Women who demand victims and seek to drive men to kill themselves in risky enterprises have never been fortunate in Canada. Miss, find yourself a husband among your countrymen." Naturally, the woman left in a huff, but Gastone did not care
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Artic, Artico
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_sfida_al_Polo
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309786
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