Meegan George (w2272)

Meegan George (w2272)

  • Description: On September 18, 1983, George Meegan set the record for the route connecting Ushuaia, in South America, to Prudhoe Bay, in Alaska. He walked the Pan-American Highway for a total of 19'019 miles (30'431 km) in 2'426 days, from January 26, 1977, to September 18, 1983
  • 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Internet: http://georgemeegan.wordpress.com
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5542381

George Meegan is an adventurer, lecturer and world traveler.  He holds the most official world’s records of any European (including the Longest Unbroken March of All Time) earned from his epic walk from Tierra Del Fuego, South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; 19,019 miles in 2,425 days from 1977 to 1983. Later he completed his walk to Barrow in 2000
https://georgemeegan.wordpress.com/about/

 

Mehnert Werner (w2274)

Mehnert Werner (w2274)

  • Description: Werner Mehnert from Leipzig is a globetrotter accompanied by a large Saint Bernard
  • 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: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Zu Fuss durch Deutschland Bitte helfen Sie uns. Seid gut und lieb allen Tieren!
Mickey Mouse (w2916)

Mickey Mouse (w2916)

  • Description: "Around the World in Eighty Days" is an animated short originally featured in episode #6 of Mickey Mouse Works. It was the 1st of the Mouse Tales shorts to be produced. It was later featured in the House of Mouse episode Mickey and Minnie's Big Vacation. In 2005, it was released on DVD as part of the Disney Learning Adventures line of DVDs
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Topolino
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • 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
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11934
Milani Carlo (w3210)

Milani Carlo (w3210)

  • Description: Carlo Milani, a cyclist from Cremona, Italy, spent the early 1980s traveling across Europe by bicycle, visiting police headquarters and municipal police commands. In November 1981, he stopped in Vercelli, where he was received by local officers and photographed with Commander Giovanni Damiani. His personal album included snapshots with prominent figures such as Pope John Paul II, Banali, Moser, Gimondi, and Saronni. On his business card he described himself as “a friend of all law enforcement and of cycling”
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
  • 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: La Stampa, November 5, 1981.
Meeker Ezra (w2865)

Meeker Ezra (w2865)

  • Description: Ezra Manning Meeker was an American explorer who traversed the Oregon Trail in 1851 and again in 1905 with an ox-drawn wagon. His feat garnered him some fame, to the extent that he managed to meet Theodore Roosevelt
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Hop King of the World
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1830-1928
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Meeker 
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423387
Michel Ernest Pellegrin Joseph (w3159)

Michel Ernest Pellegrin Joseph (w3159)

  • Description: Ernest Pellegrin Joseph Michel was a French lawyer and world traveler. Between 1880 and 1884 he circled the globe—including North America, Australasia, Japan, China, India, South America, and Southern Africa—and published his experiences in Le Tour du Monde en 240 Jours (first volumes 1882; full edition 1893–1894). The letters offer a sharp, detailed, and candid account of each destination, with social, cultural, and geographical observations. In 1896 he released À travers l’hémisphère sud—a four-volume record of his second world voyage
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1837-1896
  • 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://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Michel_(voyageur)
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25397423
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Michel, Ernest, Le Tour du Monde en 240 Jours, Paris/Nice, 1893–1894. Michel, Ernest, A travers l’hémisphère sud. Mon second voyage autour du monde, 4 vol., 1896.
Miga F., Hoeven W., Hoeven G. (w2283)

Miga F., Hoeven W., Hoeven G. (w2283)

  • Description: The three companions tackled the 40'000 km needed to complete the round-the-world trip
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
  • 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
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Een reis om de wereld
Milavanowitsch Milaylo (w2286)

Milavanowitsch Milaylo (w2286)

  • Description: According to a contemporary article, Mihaylo Milavanovitsch from Belgrade undertook in 1899 a long walking journey across Europe. Departing on 5 April, he had already covered about 50,000 km (31,100 miles), passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trieste, Ragusa, Salonica, Bucharest, Athens, Constantinople, Kiev, Smolensk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Le Havre, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseilles, Nice, Turin, Milan, Como, and Lugano. At his stop in Ticino, he still had around 2,000 km (1,240 miles) to complete his itinerary back to Belgrade via Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Described as a 24-year-old young man, robust and with “the face of an apostle,” he spoke German in addition to his native language. The stated purpose of the journey was education; he carried a small notebook in which local newspapers recorded each arrival with dates and official stamps, thus gathering signatures in many European languages
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Serbia
  • 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
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gazzetta Ticinese, April 6, 1901.

Un globe-trotter - Stamane ebbimo il piacere di ricevere la visita del celebre globe-trotter Mihaylo Milavanovitsch di Belgrado, che sta compiendo una colossale gita in Europa.

Megyercsy Bela (w2273)

Megyercsy Bela (w2273)

  • Description: The two globetrotters depicted on the postcard embarked on a round-the-world journey on foot in 1910
  • 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Ifj. dr. Szilassy Aladar orvos és Megyercsy Bela ref. lelkipastor, KIE. nemzeti titkar a magyar cserkeszmozgalom meginditoi. 1910
Michel Frères (w2278)

Michel Frères (w2278)

  • Description: Tour of Europe by the Three Michel Brothers
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Belgium, Belgio, Belgique
  • 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: Le tour de l'Europe à pied par les trois frères Michel, journalistes belges, 33.000 kilomètres en 3 ans. Nous avons traversé la Belgique, la France, l'Espagne, le Portugal et de nouveau l'Espagne pour retraverser la France. Notre photographie est présentée comme souvenir et à titre de secours de route. On donne ce que l'on veut. Notre fidèle compagnon est mort en Espagne
Mikulec Joseph Frank (w2285)

Mikulec Joseph Frank (w2285)

  • Description: Having set off from Croatia in 1906, he declared his intention to walk 25'000 miles in five years
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Croatia, Croazia, Croatie
  • 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
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Champion long distance walker - Started from Croatia, Austrian Province, on Feb. 5. 1906, to walk 25.000 miles in five years: so far has walked over 18.000 miles. Worn out 38 pairs of shoes. Joe started without money and is making his way selling these cards. Buy one. On a long journey
Millot Charles (w2288)

Millot Charles (w2288)

  • Description: French globetrotter who claimed to be undertaking a world tour accompanied by his dog. According to research by the Orkney Archive (2025), Charles Millot left Paris on 22 April 1901, aged 20, after betting with friends that he could walk around the world in six years without money, funding himself by selling illustrated postcards bearing his portrait. Between 1902 and 1903 he travelled across Europe - from Italy to Germany, Belgium, England and Ireland - finally reaching Scotland and the Orkney Islands, where he was photographed with his dog “Dundee". At each stage he visited newspaper offices and police stations to register his progress and have his consular papers stamped. British newspapers described him as a tireless, multilingual self-promoter known as “the French globe-trotter”
  • 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://orkneyarchive.blogspot.com/2025/07/charles-millot-world-traveller-orkney.html
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Touriste français - 50.800 kilomètres à pieds

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