Audiobooks *Non-fiction Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2 I: The Start from Teheran, Part 2

Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2

by Thomas STEVENS (1854 - 1935)

I: The Start from Teheran, Part 2

Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2

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 second volume (of two) relating his travel experiences, detailing the part of the journey from Teheran to Yokohama. (Summary by Availle)

Listen next episodes of Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2:
II: Persia and the Meshed Pilgrim Road, Part 2 , III: Persia and the Meshed Pilgrim Road, Part 2 , VI:The Unbeaten Tracks of Khorassan, Part 2 , VII: Beerjand and the Frontier of Afghanistan, Part 2 , II: Persia and the Meshed Pilgrim Road, Part 1 , III: Persia and the Meshed Pilgrim Road, Part 1 , Itinerary , IV: Through Khorassan, Part 1 , IV: Through Khorassan, Part 2 , IX: Afghanistan, Part 1 , IX: Afghanistan, Part 2 , V: Meshed the Holy, Part 1 , V: Meshed the Holy, Part 2 , VII: Beerjand and the Frontier of Afghanistan, Part 1 , VIII: Across the 'Desert of Despair', Part 1 , VIII: Across the 'Desert of Despair', Part 2 , VI:The Unbeaten Tracks of Khorassan, Part 1 , X: Arrested at Furrah , XI: Under Escort to Herat, Part 1 , XI: Under Escort to Herat, Part 2 , XII: Taken Back to Persia, Part 1 , XII: Taken Back to Persia, Part 2 , XIII: Roundabout to India, Part 1 , XIII: Roundabout to India, Part 2 , XIII: Roundabout to India, Part 3 , XIV: Through India, Part 1 , XIV: Through India, Part 2 , XIX: Through Japan, Part 1 , XIX: Through Japan, Part 2 , XV: Dehli and Agra, Part 1 , XV: Dehli and Agra, Part 2 , XVI: From Agra to Singapore, Part 1 , XVI: From Agra to Singapore, Part 2 , XVI: From Agra to Singapore, Part 3 , XVII: Through China, Part 1 , XVII: Through China, Part 2 , XVII: Through China, Part 3 , XVIII: Down the Kan-Kiang Valley, Part 1 , XVIII: Down the Kan-Kiang Valley, Part 2 , XVIII: Down the Kan-Kiang Valley, Part 3 , XX: The Home Stretch, Part 1 , XX: The Home Stretch, Part 2