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  2. Margaret Farrar - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]

  3. Jeanne Baret - Wikipedia

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    Jean Dubernat (1774–1807) Partner. Philibert Commerson (1760s–1773) Jeanne Baret ([ʒan ba.ʁɛ]; 27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via maritime transport. A key part of her journey was as a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville 's ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia

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    Ferdinand Magellan[a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...

  6. Aloha Wanderwell - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  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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