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This is very interesting to me. I have downloaded and will read on my kobo. There is a certain appeal to the early days of traveling, before the mass market av

This is very interesting to me. I have downloaded and will read on my kobo. There is a certain appeal to the early days of traveling, before the mass market availability that exists today. I think it's that unexplored pioneer type of semi solitude which makes it adventurous. My only analogy is living through the transition from pre internet days to the present saturated social media days. But a person on YouTube doing the same thing today would result in me just ignoring or at best, fast forwarding through the video. I think future generations might appreciate that same video for other reasons... and think me a moron for not appreciating it.

WillAdams 3y ago
I've been listening to audiobooks from Librivox and stories of the circumnavigation of the globe have been interesting: - _Sailing Alone Around The World_ Joshua Slocum - _Around the World on a Bicycle_ Thomas Stevens Apparently the first person do circumnavigate the globe using commercial transport was an Englishman (anyone know the name?) who did it with just a letter of credit from his bank and his visiting cards --- I believe during or just before the time of Queen Victoria. I'd be glad to know the further specifics if anyone knows them. Another book on circumnavigation, more recent, which I've been wanting to read is _Half-Safe_ by Ben Carlin (he took a GPA around the world).
- neom 3y ago
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  - jacquesm 3y ago
    > I know people hate GPT answers on HN, never the less: So don't.
    - neom 3y ago
      Why? Last I checked GPT isn't banned here and the answer is correct.
      - jacquesm 3y ago
        Because (1) it doesn't scale and (2) you're already aware that HN doesn't like it so you are purposefully destructive. I don't see why you'd do that.
- glompers 3y ago
  Some of your specifics sound like the journey of the non-military Hudson's Bay Company officer, Montréal wheeler-dealer and early obsessive Napoleon Bonaparte memorabilia collector Sir George Simpson in the 1840s. https://archive.org/details/anoverlandjourn00simpgoog https://archive.org/details/anoverlandjourn00simpgoog
  - WillAdams 3y ago
    Thanks! I think that's who I was told of --- adding it to my TBR pile.

WillAdams 3y ago

I've been listening to audiobooks from Librivox and stories of the circumnavigation of the globe have been interesting: - _Sailing Alone Around The World_ Joshua Slocum - _Around the World on a Bicycle_ Thomas Stevens Apparently the first person do circumnavigate the globe using commercial transport was an Englishman (anyone know the name?) who did it with just a letter of credit from his bank and his visiting cards --- I believe during or just before the time of Queen Victoria. I'd be glad to know the further specifics if anyone knows them. Another book on circumnavigation, more recent, which I've been wanting to read is _Half-Safe_ by Ben Carlin (he took a GPA around the world).

neom 3y ago
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- jacquesm 3y ago
  > I know people hate GPT answers on HN, never the less: So don't.
  - neom 3y ago
    Why? Last I checked GPT isn't banned here and the answer is correct.
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Because (1) it doesn't scale and (2) you're already aware that HN doesn't like it so you are purposefully destructive. I don't see why you'd do that.
glompers 3y ago
Some of your specifics sound like the journey of the non-military Hudson's Bay Company officer, Montréal wheeler-dealer and early obsessive Napoleon Bonaparte memorabilia collector Sir George Simpson in the 1840s. https://archive.org/details/anoverlandjourn00simpgoog https://archive.org/details/anoverlandjourn00simpgoog
- WillAdams 3y ago
  Thanks! I think that's who I was told of --- adding it to my TBR pile.