Name: Famous American athlete George M. Schilling, who walked around the world for a wager. In nine years he circumnavigated the globe, walking 55, 000 miles having left New York in August 1897 ina newspaper suit and penniless. The only living man (at that point) who had completed this feat. Date: 1906 - SuperStock
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Famous American athlete George M. Schilling, who walked around the world for a wager. In nine years he circumnavigated the globe, walking 55, 000 miles having left New York in August 1897 ina newspaper suit and penniless. The only living man (at that point) who had completed this feat. Date: 1906

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