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Definition of Circumnavigate

Circumnavigate
Circumnavigate Cir`cum*nav"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller.

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- Cir****navigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon). This article focuses on the...
- This is a list of cir****navigations of Earth. Sections are ordered by ascending date of completion. The 18 survivors, led by Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish)...
- The first aerial cir****navigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the...
- compete against Chase and Doyle to be the first to cir****navigate the world. To count as a cir****navigation, each team must travel at least 22,859 mi (36,788 km)...
- km, or 37,560 mi, the nearly three-year voyage achieved the first cir****navigation of Earth in history. It also marked the first crossing of the Pacific...
- Elcano, completed the return trip to Spain in 1522 achieving the first cir****navigation of Earth in history. Born around 1480 into a family of minor Portuguese...
- a Malay member of the Magellan expedition that completed the first cir****navigation of the world in 1519–1522. He was acquired as a slave by the Portuguese...
- The fastest known time (FKT) for cir****navigation of the globe by bicycle is awarded for completing a continuous journey around the globe by bicycle and...
- made two cir****navigations of the world under the successive commands of John Byron and Samuel Wallis. She was the first ship to cir****navigate the world...
- A cir****navigation of the Earth is a journey from a point around the globe, returning to the point of departure. In a pedestrian cir****navigation, travelers...