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Circumnavigating the Globe on a Penny Farthing
At 8 am on April 22, 1884, Thomas Stevens rode his bike, a 50” Penny Farthing, from San Francisco to Boston. The 3700 mile trip took four months to complete. He also cycled across Europe and through Turkey to Calcutta; then he cycled across Japan. He pedaled, in all, about 13,500 miles and was the first to be credited with circumnavigating the globe by bicycle.
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fun for that SF to Boston trip. And very much in the McGoohan spirit
