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Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1

Thomas Stevens (1854 - 1935)

Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Francisco from where he cycled to Boston to take a steamer to England. Crossing England, France, Central Europe and Asia Minor before he was turned back at the borders of Afghanistan. He returned part of the way to take a ship to Karachi, from where he crossed India. Another steam ship brought him from Calcutta to Hong Kong, and from Shanghai he set over to Japan, finally ending his journey after actually cycling 13.500 miles in Yokohama, December 1886.

This is the first volume of his travel experiences, detailing the part of the journey from San Francisco to Teheran, where he spent the winter. (Summary by Availle)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Availle	00:03:33
Play 01	I: Over the Sierras Nevadas, Part 1	John	00:25:53
Play 02	I: Over the Sierras Nevadas, Part 2	John	00:30:00
Play 03	II: Over the Deserts of Nevada, Part 1	Pamela Krantz	00:27:31
Play 04	II: Over the Deserts of Nevada, Part 2	Pamela Krantz	00:30:57
Play 05	III: Through Mormon Land and over the Rockies, Part 1	Pamela Krantz	00:31:42
Play 06	III: Through Mormon Land and over the Rockies, Part 2	Pamela Krantz	00:25:23
Play 07	IV: From the Great Plains to the Atlantic, Part 1	John	00:29:40
Play 08	IV: From the Great Plains to the Atlantic, Part 2	John	00:24:22
Play 09	V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 1	Brendan Stallard	00:32:14
Play 10	V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 2	Brendan Stallard	00:25:47
Play 11	V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 3	Brendan Stallard	00:22:22
Play 12	VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 1	Availle	00:27:01
Play 13	VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 2	Availle	00:29:13
Play 14	VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 3	Availle	00:29:25
Play 15	VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 1	William Tomcho	00:29:11
Play 16	VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 2	William Tomcho	00:25:58
Play 17	VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 3	William Tomcho	00:20:42
Play 18	VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 1	SuD	00:21:53
Play 19	VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 2	SuD	00:23:02
Play 20	VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 3	SuD	00:21:14
Play 21	IX: Through European Turkey, Part 1	Kalynda	00:25:26
Play 22	IX: Through European Turkey, Part 2	Kalynda	00:23:50
Play 23	IX: Through European Turkey, Part 3	Kalynda	00:24:37
Play 24	X: The Start Through Asia	Pamela Krantz	00:26:13
Play 25	XI: On Through Asia	Pamela Krantz	00:34:29
Play 26	XII: Through the Angora-Goat Country, Part 1	Pamela Krantz	00:35:47
Play 27	XII: Through the Angora-Goat Country, Part 2	Pamela Krantz	00:34:20
Play 28	XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 1	William Tomcho	00:28:20
Play 29	XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 2	William Tomcho	00:25:44
Play 30	XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 3	William Tomcho	00:20:49
Play 31	XIV: Across the Kizil Irmak River to Yuzgat	Brendan Stallard	00:29:55
Play 32	XV: From the Koordish Camp to Yuzgat	Brendan Stallard	00:47:33
Play 33	XVI: Through the Silas Vilayet into Armenia, Part 1	Marianna Foos	00:30:58
Play 34	XVI: Through the Silas Vilayet into Armenia, Part 2	Brendan Stallard	00:44:00
Play 35	XVII: Through Erzingan and Erzeroum, Part 1	William Tomcho	00:31:03
Play 36	XVII: Through Erzingan and Erzeroum, Part 2	William Tomcho	00:41:31
Play 37	XVIII: Mount Ararat and Koordistan, Part 1	Paul Richards	00:43:16
Play 38	XVIII: Mount Ararat and Koordistan, Part 2	Paul Richards	00:36:52
Play 39	XIX: Persia and the Tabreez Caravan Trail, Part 1	Brendan Stallard	00:41:48
Play 40	XIX: Persia and the Tabreez Caravan Trail, Part 2	Brendan Stallard	00:38:31
Play 41	XX: Tabreez to Teheran, Part 1	Brendan Stallard	00:38:24
Play 42	XX: Tabreez to Teheran, Part 2	ToddHW	00:27:54
Play 43	XXI: Teheran, Part 1	Brendan Stallard	00:40:51
Play 44	XXI: Teheran, Part 2	Brendan Stallard	00:39:29

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