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Across Asia on a Bicycle, Thomas Gaskell Allen

Fiction EN ↓ 14 episodes

In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the "longest continuous land journey ever made around the world." This is their account of their trip across Turkey, Persia, Turkestan and northern China. It described their adventures traveling along through regions few outsiders ever visited. And include climbing Mount Ararat (they didn't find an ark) and a meeting with the then Chinese Prime Minister. And numerous photographs selected from the...

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Latest episode

May 22, 2025

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Episodes

Beyond the Bosporus 22.05.2025
The Journey from Samarkand to Kuldia Part 2 22.05.2025
Through Persia to Samarkand 22.05.2025
The Ascent of Mt. Ararat Part 2 22.05.2025
Over the Gobi Desert 22.05.2025
The Journey from Samarkand to Kuldia 22.05.2025
Through Persia to Samarkand Part 2 22.05.2025
An Interview with the Prime Minister of China Part 2 22.05.2025
Over the Gobi Desert Part 2 22.05.2025
The Ascent of Mt. Ararat 22.05.2025
Beyond the Bosporus Part 2 22.05.2025
An Interview with the Prime Minister of China 22.05.2025
Preface 22.05.2025
Over theGobi Desert Part 3 22.05.2025

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