**1. Notable Travelers:**
– Aleko Konstantinov: First Bulgarian to write about visits to Western Europe and America.
– Giacomo Casanova: Italian adventurer and author.
– Bodhisena: Tamil Indian Buddhist scholar who traveled to Japan.
– Guru Nanak Sahib: Founder of Sikh faith who traveled across South Asia, China, Middle East, and Vatican City.
– Tania Aebi: Completed a solo circumnavigation of the Earth in a sailboat at a young age.
– Lyuba Kutincheva: Traveled through the Middle East, Far East, northern Africa, and Europe.
– Vladimir Lysenko: Crossed 62 countries by car between September 1997 and 2002.
– Peter Mundy: First Briton to taste tea in China and traveled extensively in Asia, Russia, and Europe.
– Ida Laura Pfeiffer: One of the first female travelers with bestselling journals translated into seven languages.
– Niccolò and Maffeo Polo: Italian traveling merchants who engaged in two voyages.
**2. Pioneering Aviators:**
– Nancy Bird Walton: Pioneering Australian aviator and founder of the Australian Women Pilots Association.
– Amelia Earhart: First woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane.
– Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay: First woman to travel around the world by air, in a Zeppelin.
– Eva Dickson: First woman to cross the Sahara desert by car.
– Nellie Bly: Known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days.
**3. Adventurers and Explorers:**
– Renata Chlumska: First Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest.
– Walter Evans-Wentz: Explorer and author.
– Gunther Holtorf: Journeyed across 179 countries in 26 years with his wife Christine in a Mercedes-Benz named Otto.
– Martin and Osa Johnson: American adventurers and documentary filmmakers.
– Alma Maximiliana Karlin: Traveled the world for 8 years, mastering 10 languages and publishing numerous books.
**4. Literary Travel Writers:**
– Abu Salim al-Ayyashi: Well-known travel writer, poet, and scholar from Morocco.
– William Eleroy Curtis: American journalist and diplomat who wrote about his observations of South America, Asia, and Europe.
– Zechariah Dhahiri: Wrote extensively about his travels and experiences in his book, ‘Sefer Ha-Mūsar.’
– Susan Hale: American author, traveler, and artist.
– Vyacheslav Krasko: Russian traveler and professional financier, member of the Union of the Russian Around-the-World Travelers.
**5. Record-Breaking Voyages:**
– Jean Batten: Made record-breaking solo flights across the world in the 1930s.
– Jeanne Baré: First woman to complete a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe.
– John Henry Mears: Set the record for the fastest trip around the world in 1913 and 1928.
– Benjamin of Tudela: Medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century.
– Guido Guerrini: First person to go from Europe to China by a gas-fueled car.
This is a list of notable travelers, consisting of people that are known for their travels or explorations. Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
