Thomas Stevens: The First Person To Circumnavigate The Globe on a Bicycle

(Original Post 12/14/07)

The year, 1887,the bike, a penny farthing, otherwise known as an Ordinary, other wise known as one of those old bikes with a big front wheel and small back wheel. Carrying no more than a small ration of food (if any), a little water (if available), and a coat that doubled as a tent he cicled the globe. It took him three years, he encountered things barely known to the western world at the time. Ate what he had to and met new people all the time, some threatened by his bike or "odd horse", and some who marveled at it. You can read his entire 1072 page journal at this link> http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=9004&pageno=4
Check it out, just type in any random page number to go to it, and read, your bound to find something interesting...