- Description: Sylvette Marmeuse travels across Switzerland on foot to raise awareness about unemployment and cross-border issues. A 55-year-old from Fribourg, she started from Le Locle and covered 3'000 km
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1954-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualite/Regionale/141209Retour-de-Sylvette.html
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: LaRegioneTicino, 16 luglio 2009.
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- Description: Unknown globetrotter of the 1920s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Die letzte Droschkenfahrt des "Eisernen Gustav" Berlin-Paris Paris Berlin
- Description: World tour by bicycle
- 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: 120'000 km. in 6 anni in bicicletta, round the world, voyage autour du monde, Reise um die Erde
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- Description: Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, known as Scipione Borghese, participated in and won the 1907 Beijing to Paris car race, accompanied for the occasion by journalist Luigi Barzini and driver Ettore Guizardi. Already in 1900, he embarked on a journey from Beirut to the Pacific Ocean, which he described in the book "In Asia: Syria, Euphrates, Babylon", published in 1903
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1871-1927
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipione_Borghese,_10th_Prince_of_Sulmona
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131481
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scipione Borghese, In Asia: Siria, Eufrate, Babilonia, 1903.
- Description: The young globetrotter hits the road with a bicycle and a trailer in tow
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Eine Reise um Europa Österreich
- 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: On April 25, 2001, Alberto Fiorin, Aldo Maroso, and eight other friends set off from Venice on bicycles headed for Beijing. The Silk Road required 96 days of effort for a total of 12'000 kilometers
- 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: Silk Road, Via della seta, Route de la soie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Maroso A., Fiorin A., Strade d’Oriente : in bicicletta da Venezia a Pechino, Ediciclo editore, 2003.
Classe 1949, docente di matematica per professione, è, invece, per passione, cicloturista ed escursionista. Ha partecipato alla spedizione Bassano - Mosca in bici nel 1989, ha esplorato (in gommone e mountain bike) i gulag staliniani in Siberia, ha vissuto, sempre in bici, l’avventura Venezia – Pechino, 12000 km lungo la via della seta (2001).
- 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: In the 1910s, three American adventurers embarked on a world tour
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ward J. A., Three men in a Hupp: around the world by automobile, 1910-1912, Stanford University Press, 2003.
In late 1910, three American adventurers set off on a remarkable around-the-world journey by automobile. Sponsored by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation, the trip was intended to publicize the durability of the Hupmobile and help stimulate export sales.
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| Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites |
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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