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- Thomas Stevens was a prolific adventurer, best known for being the first person to travel around the world on a penny-farthing.
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Thomas Stevens (24 December 1854 – 24 January 1935) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, from April 1884 to December 1886.
Mar 12, 2017 · On 4th May 1885, Stevens began his journey with a formal start at Edge Hill Church, Liverpool. He cycled across Britain and symbolically passed trough Berkhamsted, his birthplace. Then, Stevens took the ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe and arrived in France.
In 1884, Englishman, Thomas Stevens became the first person to cycle across North America. Mr Stevens cycled, (and sometimes walked), his big-old penny farthing from San Francisco to Boston.
Jun 27, 2016 · He headed towards the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Nevada desert where, due to the challenging terrain, he was often forced to push his ‘high wheeler,’ and took to wearing a military hard hat to protect his head on the numerous occasions he fell off.
May 7, 2020 · Safe to say, Thomas travelled like a true adventurer (one could also say a teenager). With a spare shirt, a couple of pairs of socks, a raincoat and a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver (right, this excludes the teenager comparison), Thomas Stevenson embarked on an incredible journey on 22nd April 1884.
In 1886, Thomas Stevens became the first person to travel across the globe on a penny-farthing bicycle. It was an astounding achievement. He published the story of his travels in the book...
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Jan 20, 2007 · Thomas Stevens was the first person to ride a bicycle around the world. He left San Francisco in 1884 on a high-wheeler. Upon his return in 1887, he wrote a book: Around the World on a...
