a planet or moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which... 36 KB (4,106 words) - 20:58, 7 March 2024 |
Peruvian circumnavigation. SMS Novara; 1857–1859; first Austrian circumnavigation. Shenandoah; 1864–65; only Confederate ship to circumnavigate. Captain... 92 KB (9,785 words) - 05:48, 23 April 2024 |
Magellan expedition (redirect from First circumnavigation of the globe) Magellan's death in the Philippines, thus culminating in the first circumnavigation of the world. The expedition accomplished its primary goal – to find... 84 KB (10,647 words) - 03:16, 12 April 2024 |
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... 49 KB (5,758 words) - 03:42, 24 April 2024 |
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... 58 KB (5,523 words) - 14:41, 10 June 2023 |
Jessica Watson (category Single-handed circumnavigating sailors) Days, was made about her circumnavigation. It was narrated by Sir Richard Branson. A movie, True Spirit, about her circumnavigation was produced in Queensland... 58 KB (5,177 words) - 00:20, 24 April 2024 |
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... 74 KB (9,645 words) - 17:07, 10 April 2024 |
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... 16 KB (561 words) - 19:02, 13 April 2024 |
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 third circumnavigation overall... 100 KB (11,497 words) - 19:02, 21 April 2024 |
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... 31 KB (3,726 words) - 03:24, 14 April 2024 |
S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world. 1983 – The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published... 3 KB (895 words) - 23:59, 7 March 2024 |
HMS Dolphin (1751) (section First circumnavigation) 1764 and May 1766 Dolphin completed the circumnavigation of the globe. This was the first such circumnavigation of less than two years. During this voyage... 9 KB (965 words) - 18:23, 21 January 2024 |
the fastest circumnavigation, made by a person or team, excluding orbits of Earth from spacecraft. Oceans portal List of circumnavigations Townsend, George... 16 KB (745 words) - 03:52, 9 April 2024 |
Pacific contact sites between the East and the West. During the first circumnavigation of the globe, Ferdinand Magellan's three surviving vessels passed the... 4 KB (272 words) - 13:09, 27 March 2024 |
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (category Circumnavigators of the globe) participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe, and subsequently became a leader of another circumnavigation expedition that discovered the... 20 KB (1,877 words) - 16:40, 18 April 2024 |
Tropic of Cancer (section Circumnavigation) 5}} where φ is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer For an ordinary circumnavigation the rules are somewhat relaxed and the distance is set to a rounded... 14 KB (1,171 words) - 00:08, 25 April 2024 |
Jet Lag: The Game (redirect from Race to Circumnavigate the Globe in 100 Hours) against Chase and Doyle to be the first to circumnavigate the world. In order to count as a circumnavigation, each team must travel at least 22,859 mi... 37 KB (4,037 words) - 13:04, 24 April 2024 |
Enrique of Malacca (category Circumnavigators of the globe) which is left to complete the circumnavigation. It is not known if he ever had a chance to complete a circumnavigation, but it would have been possible:... 20 KB (2,238 words) - 20:03, 29 February 2024 |
Laura Dekker (category Teenage single-handed circumnavigating sailors) finally began on 21 August 2010. Dekker successfully completed the solo circumnavigation in a 12.4-metre (40 ft) two-masted ketch named Guppy, arriving in Simpson... 42 KB (4,321 words) - 15:31, 7 March 2024 |
1960. Technically speaking, this Soviet submerged circumnavigation was not a true "circumnavigation" inasmuch as the submarine detachment went from the... 24 KB (2,221 words) - 14:54, 10 January 2023 |
2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (redirect from 500th anniversary of the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world) Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world – Commemorates the stopover of the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation in the Philippines. The NQC... 19 KB (1,578 words) - 10:01, 6 July 2023 |
Robin Knox-Johnston (category Single-handed circumnavigating sailors) 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won the second Jules Verne... 14 KB (1,618 words) - 05:34, 26 March 2024 |
Operation Sandblast (category Circumnavigations) 56–57. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, p. B-79. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, p. B-7. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, pp. B-7 to B-9... 128 KB (14,155 words) - 06:23, 25 April 2024 |
Group, equipped with 12 .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns. For its circumnavigation mission, a fuel tank was added in the bomb bay for extra range. The... 9 KB (1,030 words) - 21:51, 2 March 2024 |
The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806 and was carried out on two ships, the Nadezhda and the Neva... 163 KB (22,825 words) - 03:11, 23 April 2024 |