
Most Travelled Man - Norway, IL
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ODragon
N 41° 27.954 W 088° 39.983
16T E 360843 N 4591818
Quick Description: An interesting plaque in a park...
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/7/2009 7:53:34 AM
Waymark Code: WM7D0X
Views: 5
Long Description:The marker states:
Memorial to J. Hart Rosdail
1914-1972
Author - Historian - Educator
Listed in Guinness Book of Records as the World's Most Travelled
Man.
Author of "The Sloopers"
From
("http://www.wheelerfolk.org/slooper/society/book/rosdail_bio.htm"
target="_blank">visit link) :
For a number of years he was listed as the world's number one
globetrotter in the Guiness Book of World Records. He visited 223
of the world's 225 countries, as well as 75 additional countries
which have been absorbed by other countries.
He traveled some 1,587,954 miles, appeared on national
television and was featured in articles in national
publications.