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Reid Stowe was born January 6, 1952, near Moses Lake, Washington [8] to Harry and Anne Stowe; [9] and is the oldest of six siblings. His father, an officer in the United States Air Force, was posted to many parts of the world during that time and usually his family travelled with him.
Robin Lee Graham (born March 5, 1949) is an American sailor.He set out to sail around the world alone as a teenager in the summer of 1965. National Geographic magazine carried the story in installments (October 1968, April 1969, October 1970), and he co-wrote a book, titled Dove, detailing his journey.
Nellie Bly traveled around the world with public steamboats and trains in 72 days (from 14 November 1889, to 25 January 1890), a world record, resembling the Around the World in Eighty Days novel. Clärenore Stinnes and Carl-Axel Söderström were the first persons to drive around the world in a car between 25 May 1927 and 24 June 1929.
The $73,500-per-person cruise broke Regent Seven Seas Cruises' "world cruise opening day booking record," according to a press release.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises just announced its latest world cruise, a 140-day long voyage on a ship that includes a super luxury $1.7 million suite.
21 years, 56 days Lapworth 24: Dove Allied Luders 33: Return of Dove [2] Westerly, via Panama Canal. [3] Solo, with stops and assistance. Tania Aebi US: New York City, New York, U.S. 28 May 1985 [4] 6 November 1987 [5] 892 21 years, 30 days Contessa 26: Varuna: Westerly, via Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance.
No one just goes to Antarctica. They journey there, slowly, an experience that unfolds page by page, like a long, adventurous book. By the time I reach what feels like the bottom of the earth, I ...
She departed Dartmouth, Devon on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. [1] [2] She was born in New Zealand on a landlocked sheep farm in the Hawkes Bay region [3] and did not learn how to swim until the age ...