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Carthage itself conducted exploration of West Africa. The first alleged circumnavigation of the African continent attested to was made by Phoenician sailors, in an expedition commissioned by Egyptian pharaoh Necho II, c. 600 BC which took three years. A report of this expedition is provided by Herodotus (4.37). They sailed south, rounded the ...
He was the first person to circumnavigate the coast of Africa by bicycle, a distance of 37,000 km, through 34 countries over two years and two months. In July 2009 he became the first person to kayak 5,000 km around Madagascar , alone and unaided.
Donald "Rode" Rodewald, 1984, first circumnavigation by a paraplegic pilot in a Comanche 260 with hand controls. [48] [49] Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, 1986, Voyager, first non-stop non-refueled circumnavigation in an airplane, 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. Dick Smith, 1988–1989, first circumnavigation landing at both poles, in a Twin Otter.
Due to a lack of money, he had to interrupt his voyage for work in South Africa as Master of a coaster and stevedoring and was only able to complete it in 1967. In 1968, he was one of nine sailors who attempted to achieve the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. He was the third sailor to ...
Donald Crowhurst had faked his round-the-world trip, sailing only in the Atlantic and radioing false position reports. Tetley was awarded a £1,000 consolation prize by the race organizers. By now he was obsessed with properly completing a circumnavigation, so he used the money to immediately build a new trimaran, which he called the Miss Vicky ...
By the end of his circumnavigation, Eruç had set several ocean rowing world records including the first person to row three oceans, [6] the first rower to cross the Indian Ocean from Australia to mainland Africa (in two segments), [7] the longest distance rowed across the Indian Ocean, [8] and the longest distance rowed across the Atlantic ...
Starting in 1875, dozens of circumnavigation ultrawalkers emerged, most of them frauds who fooled the public to win wagers and made a living giving lectures about their supposed "walks". Later, a few legitimate walkers succeeded. [3] The first legitimate ultrarunner to succeed is Konstantin Rengarten, and the most recent to succeed is Marie ...
The Spanish frigate Numancia, commanded by Juan Bautista Antequera y Bobadilla, completed the first circumnavigation by an ironclad in 1865–1867. Joshua Slocum completed the first single-handed circumnavigation in 1895–1898. In 1942, Vito Dumas became the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe along the Roaring Forties.