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Englishman Richard Pape left the North Cape in Norway in an Austin A90 to become the first person to transverse the world’s greatest landmass by car, arriving in Cape Town 86 days later after travelling more than 17,500 miles.

Thursday 28th July 1955

Englishman Richard Pape left the North Cape in Norway in an Austin A90 to become the first person to transverse the world’s greatest landmass by car, arriving in Cape Town 86 days later after travelling more than 17,500 miles.

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