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The first person in the world?

WillAdams 1y ago
This was done back in Victorian times by an Englishman using nothing more than a visiting card and a letter of credit from his bank. I have been led to believe that it is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133405977-an-overland-journey-round-the-world-during-the-years-1841-1842 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133405977-an-overland-jo... which arguably should be contrasted with: https://goodreads.com/book/show/5144131-a-woman-s-journey-round-the-world https://goodreads.com/book/show/5144131-a-woman-s-journey-ro... The history of circumnavigations (esp. solo), and the books about it are an interesting set: - sailing (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/881902.Sailing_Alone_around_the_World https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/881902.Sailing_Alone_aro... - bicycle (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301255.Around_the_World_on_a_Bicycle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301255.Around_the_World_... (all the more remarkable since it was a penny farthing rather than the essentially contemporary "safety bicycle" invented shortly after his departure Those are in the public domain, and I recommend them highly as a view of what the world was once like, and how people are still much the same. Been meaning to read newer accounts, but still need to track down copies and decide which are worth reading: - amphibious landing vehicle (husband and wife): https://goodreads.com/book/show/17208213-half-safe https://goodreads.com/book/show/17208213-half-safe - walking (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/436398.Letters_From_Steven https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/436398.Letters_From_Stev... - human power (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5215427 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5215427 - air (military unit): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23167711-first-flight-around-the-world https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23167711-first-flight-ar... - submarine (submerged, military vessel): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1018686.Around_the_World_Submerged https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1018686.Around_the_World... and of course, one would presumably include the obvious records of Magellan and arguably the _H.M.S. Beagle_ and Darwin. (obviously, this is something of an interest of mine, having been delighted by: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54479.Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54479.Around_the_World_i... when I was younger)

This was done back in Victorian times by an Englishman using nothing more than a visiting card and a letter of credit from his bank. I have been led to believe that it is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133405977-an-overland-journey-round-the-world-during-the-years-1841-1842 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133405977-an-overland-jo... which arguably should be contrasted with: https://goodreads.com/book/show/5144131-a-woman-s-journey-round-the-world https://goodreads.com/book/show/5144131-a-woman-s-journey-ro... The history of circumnavigations (esp. solo), and the books about it are an interesting set: - sailing (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/881902.Sailing_Alone_around_the_World https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/881902.Sailing_Alone_aro... - bicycle (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301255.Around_the_World_on_a_Bicycle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301255.Around_the_World_... (all the more remarkable since it was a penny farthing rather than the essentially contemporary "safety bicycle" invented shortly after his departure Those are in the public domain, and I recommend them highly as a view of what the world was once like, and how people are still much the same. Been meaning to read newer accounts, but still need to track down copies and decide which are worth reading: - amphibious landing vehicle (husband and wife): https://goodreads.com/book/show/17208213-half-safe https://goodreads.com/book/show/17208213-half-safe - walking (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/436398.Letters_From_Steven https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/436398.Letters_From_Stev... - human power (solo): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5215427 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5215427 - air (military unit): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23167711-first-flight-around-the-world https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23167711-first-flight-ar... - submarine (submerged, military vessel): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1018686.Around_the_World_Submerged https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1018686.Around_the_World... and of course, one would presumably include the obvious records of Magellan and arguably the _H.M.S. Beagle_ and Darwin. (obviously, this is something of an interest of mine, having been delighted by: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54479.Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54479.Around_the_World_i... when I was younger)