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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Magellan expedition (redirect from First circumnavigation of the globe)
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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A circumnavigation of the Earth is a journey from a point around the globe, returning to the point of departure. In a pedestrian circumnavigation, travelers...
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Ferdinand Magellan (section Voyage of circumnavigation)
the circumnavigation route. Commemorations of the circumnavigation include: An exhibition titled "The Longest Journey: the first circumnavigation" was...
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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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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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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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the fastest circumnavigation, made by a person or team, excluding orbits of Earth from spacecraft. Oceans portal List of circumnavigations Townsend, George...
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The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the...
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