Who was the first around the world?
Sailing, driving, flying, walking, cycling, swimming?
Every year, the race is on to be the first or the fastest around the world
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From around the web
No less remarkable was an earlier walking journey by P.L. Wingo: in April 1931 Wingo left California to arrive in Istanbul 19 months later – he walked all the way backwards! Thomas Stevens was the first person to cycle around the world, between 1884 and 1886. The first human powered circumnavigation of the earth The Amazing Race : CBS reality show of couples racing around the world Explorers Web – the pioneers checkpoint |
The first known commercial around-the-world passenger may be Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Carreri. Between 1693-98 the Italian sailed to Mexico, crossed by land to the Pacific, then returned to Italy on other ships via Asia. Around alone in a small open boat : Anthony Steward’s incredible journey on a small open boat around the world. Mark Beaumont cycles around the world |