Max Reisch
Max Reisch | |
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Max Reisch portrait ca. 1960 | |
| Born | October 8, 1912 |
| Died | January 18, 1985 (aged 72) |
| Occupation(s) | Travelling pioneer, researcher, author |
Max Reisch (1912–1985) was an Austrian long-distance traveler, author, researcher and orientalist who in 1933 made the first overland journey by motorcycle to India (from Europe), and who in 1935/1936 was the first to circumnavigate the world by traversing Mainland Southeast Asia in a car.