Most Travelled Man - Norway, IL
Posted by: ODragon
N 41° 27.954 W 088° 39.983
16T E 360843 N 4591818
An interesting plaque in a park...
Waymark Code: WM7D0X
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2009
Views: 26
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"
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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.