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  2. Robin Knox-Johnston - Wikipedia

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    1. Website. robinknox-johnston.co.uk. Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD (born 17 March 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

  3. Enrique of Malacca - Wikipedia

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    If he succeeded in returning to his home before July 1522, he would have been the first person to circumnavigate the world and return to his starting point. [11] [12] [13] According to Maximilianus Transylvanus and Antonio Pigafetta documents, Elcano and his sailors were the first to circumnavigate the globe. Enrique is only documented to have ...

  4. Francis Chichester - Wikipedia

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    Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day overall in 1966–67.

  5. First aerial circumnavigation - Wikipedia

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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 precursor of the United States Air Force. The 175-day journey from April to September covered over 26,345 miles (42,398 km). [1] The team generally traveled east to west, around the northern ...

  6. List of circumnavigations - Wikipedia

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    Dick Smith, 1988–1989, first circumnavigation landing at both poles, in a Twin Otter. In 1992 an Air France Concorde, registration F-BTSD, achieved the fastest non-orbital circumnavigation in 32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds. Fred Lasby, 1994, oldest circumnavigation, at 82 years of age, in Piper Comanche.

  7. Colin Angus (explorer) - Wikipedia

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    Colin Angus (explorer) Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is the first person to make a self-propelled global circumnavigation. Due to varying definitions of the term "circumnavigation", debate has arisen as to whether or not the route travelled fulfilled the strictest criteria (for further discussion, see World Circumnavigation).

  8. Aloha Wanderwell - Wikipedia

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    Children. Valri (b. 1925) Nile (b. 1927) Aloha Wanderwell (Idris Galcia Hall née Welsh, October 13, 1906 – June 4, 1996) was a Canadian explorer, author, filmmaker, and aviator. Beginning when she was 16 years old, she became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, driving a Ford 1918 Model T over a five year period (1922–1927).

  9. Replica of ship Magellan tried to circle the globe with just ...

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    A replica of the ship Ferdinand Magellan sailed in his attempt to circumnavigate the globe is in Charleston this week. Tours of the Nao Trindad, a three-mast, 93-foot-long vessel, are available ...

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