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    a planet or moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which...
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    Peruvian circumnavigation. SMS Novara; 1857–1859; first Austrian circumnavigation. Shenandoah; 1864–65; only Confederate ship to circumnavigate. Captain...
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    km, or 37,560 mi, the nearly three-year voyage achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. It also revealed the vast scale of the Pacific...
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    Ferdinand Magellan (category Circumnavigators of the globe)
    the circumnavigation route. Commemorations of the circumnavigation include: An exhibition titled "The Longest Journey: the first circumnavigation" was...
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    second man to lead a circumnavigation of the globe with a ship intact, and the first Englishman to complete a circumnavigation. Seven months later, Queen...
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    into resupply at the Cape Verde Islands before completing the first circumnavigation on 6 September 1522. Of the initial 270 crew members, only 18 sailors...
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    Jessica Watson (category Single-handed circumnavigating sailors)
    who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal after attempting a solo circumnavigation at the age of 16. Although her voyage did not meet the distance criterion...
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    FAI’s definition of circumnavigation, the length of the Tropic of Cancer. The GlobalFlyer was designed to complete the circumnavigation with minimal reserves...
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    Francis Drake (category Circumnavigators of the globe)
    circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall...
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  • Erden Eruç (category Circumnavigators of the globe)
    requirements for a true circumnavigation of the globe. Guinness World Records has officially recognized Eruç for the "First solo circumnavigation of the globe using...
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