Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1
Thomas Stevens
45 chapters · 22 h 29 min · English
Read by Availle, John, Pamela Krantz, Brendan Stallard, William Tomcho, SuD and others
Travel & Geography · Miscellaneous
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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.
Chapters
1 Preface 4 min 2 I: Over the Sierras Nevadas, Part 1 26 min 3 I: Over the Sierras Nevadas, Part 2 30 min 4 II: Over the Deserts of Nevada, Part 1 28 min 5 II: Over the Deserts of Nevada, Part 2 31 min 6 III: Through Mormon Land and over the Rockies, Part 1 32 min 7 III: Through Mormon Land and over the Rockies, Part 2 25 min 8 IV: From the Great Plains to the Atlantic, Part 1 30 min 9 IV: From the Great Plains to the Atlantic, Part 2 24 min 10 V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 1 32 min 11 V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 2 26 min 12 V: From America to the German Frontier, Part 3 22 min 13 VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 1 27 min 14 VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 2 29 min 15 VI: Germany, Austria and Hungary, Part 3 29 min 16 VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 1 29 min 17 VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 2 26 min 18 VII: Through Slavonia and Servia, Part 3 21 min 19 VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 1 22 min 20 VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 2 23 min 21 VIII: Bulgaria, Roumelia, and into Turkey, Part 3 21 min 22 IX: Through European Turkey, Part 1 25 min 23 IX: Through European Turkey, Part 2 24 min 24 IX: Through European Turkey, Part 3 25 min 25 X: The Start Through Asia 26 min 26 XI: On Through Asia 34 min 27 XII: Through the Angora-Goat Country, Part 1 36 min 28 XII: Through the Angora-Goat Country, Part 2 34 min 29 XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 1 28 min 30 XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 2 26 min 31 XIII: Bey Bazaar, Angora, and Eastward, Part 3 21 min 32 XIV: Across the Kizil Irmak River to Yuzgat 30 min 33 XV: From the Koordish Camp to Yuzgat 48 min 34 XVI: Through the Silas Vilayet into Armenia, Part 1 31 min 35 XVI: Through the Silas Vilayet into Armenia, Part 2 44 min 36 XVII: Through Erzingan and Erzeroum, Part 1 31 min 37 XVII: Through Erzingan and Erzeroum, Part 2 42 min 38 XVIII: Mount Ararat and Koordistan, Part 1 43 min 39 XVIII: Mount Ararat and Koordistan, Part 2 37 min 40 XIX: Persia and the Tabreez Caravan Trail, Part 1 42 min 41 XIX: Persia and the Tabreez Caravan Trail, Part 2 39 min 42 XX: Tabreez to Teheran, Part 1 38 min 43 XX: Tabreez to Teheran, Part 2 28 min 44 XXI: Teheran, Part 1 41 min 45 XXI: Teheran, Part 2 39 min
