Today, 4 January 2010, it is 124 years since Thomas Stevens from England set out on his tour around the world on a bicycle. He used a penny farthing bicycle for the journey. He packed a 38 Smith and Wesson hand gun just in case which would no doubt be useful in some countries today.
The first part of his world journey took him from San Francisco to Boston and became the first person to cross the US. From Boston he travelled to Liverpool, then south Europe to Iran. Then he travelled to the Middle-East and India and Asia.
For more information about his trip, see the Thomas Stevens first to bicycle around the world website.
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