Charles Veley
{{Short description|American traveler and businessman}}
Charles Veley is an American claimant to the title of the world's most-traveled person.{{cite news|author=Adams, Tim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/feb/28/charles-veley-most-travelled-person?page=all |title=Is Charles Veley the world's most-travelled man? | Travel | The Observer |newspaper=Guardian |date=February 27, 2010 |accessdate=2013-07-01}}[http://travelerscenturyclub.org/about/history History of the Travelers' Century Club]
Mosttraveledpeople.com
Veley operates a website, mosttraveledpeople.com,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2008/0421/112.html |title=Travelin' Man |magazine=Forbes |date=December 4, 2008 |accessdate=2013-07-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mosttraveledpeople.com |title=MTP - On the Road to Everywhere |publisher=Mosttraveledpeople.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-01}} which details his travels and invites people to register their own travel histories.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/907277451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06%2C+2005&author=Kathy+Muldoon&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=There%27s+no+stopping+%27world%27s+most+travelled+man%27&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701200802/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/907277451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06,+2005&author=Kathy+Muldoon&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=There's+no+stopping+'world's+most+travelled+man'&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |title=There's no stopping 'world's most travelled man' |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 6, 2005 |accessdate=2013-07-01}} {{Subscription required}} The "Master List", a list of countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces, is said to make up the world. There are 1500 items on the list right now. No one has visited them all; Veley himself holds ninth position.
Personal life
He lives in San Francisco, and is divorced with three children. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in computer science.{{cite news|author=Adams, Tim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/feb/28/charles-veley-most-travelled-person?page=all |title=Is Charles Veley the world's most-travelled man? | Travel | The Observer |newspaper=Guardian |date=February 27, 2010 |accessdate=2013-07-01}}[http://travelerscenturyclub.org/about/history History of the Travelers' Century Club]
Further reading
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- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3613521/The-one-million-dollar-travelling-man.html The Telegraph]
- [https://archive.today/20140112143513/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40442987/ns/travel-destination_travel/ NBC News]{{spaced ndash}} Also specifically states Veley as "World's most traveled man"
- [http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/charles-veley-worlds-most-traveled-man/ Washingtonian]
- [http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/travel/competitive-travelers/ CNN]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140112145040/http://www.delmartimes.net/2011/10/04/carmel-valley-resident-is-one-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-traveled-people-%E2%80%94-and-he-is-not-finished-yet/ Carmel Valley News]
- [http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/rockall-ticked-off-charles-veley-s-list-1-118627 Stornoway Gazette]
- [https://www.proquest.com/docview/438885906 Toronto Star]
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References
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External links
- [https://mtp.travel/ Mosttraveledpeople.com]
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Category:American travel writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:Harvard College alumni
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