People or team
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Total duration (days)
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Departure date
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Arrival date
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Notes
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Reference
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Juan Sebastián Elcano and crew (originally led by Ferdinand Magellan)
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1082
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20 September 1519
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6 September 1522
|
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[1]
|
Francis Drake and crew
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1018
|
13 December 1577
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26 September 1580
|
|
[1]
|
Thomas Cavendish and crew
|
781
|
21 July 1586
|
9 September 1588
|
|
[1]
|
Crew of the Eendracht (originally led by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire)
|
748
|
14 June 1615
|
1 July 1617
|
|
[2]
|
John Byron and crew
|
676
|
2 July 1764
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9 May 1766
|
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[3]
|
George
Simpson
|
605
|
March 1841
|
October 1842
|
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[4]
|
Clipper Marco Polo, Captain James "Bully" Forbes.
|
175
|
4 July 1852
|
26 December 1852
|
From Liverpool
|
[5][6]
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Clipper Lightning, Captain James "Bully" Forbes.
|
162
|
14 May 1854
|
23 October 1854
|
From Liverpool to Liverpool.
|
[7]
|
James Iredell Waddell and crew
|
394
|
8 October 1864
|
6 November 1865
|
CSS Shenandoah from London to Liverpool
|
[8]
|
This period is incomplete
|
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George Francis Train
|
"80 days" (excluding a month in France)
|
1870
|
1870
|
By ships and trains, from New York City, perhaps inspiring Jules Verne
|
[9]
|
Nellie Bly
|
72
|
14 November 1889
|
25 January 1890
|
Multiple means of transport, inspired by Jules Verne
|
[10]
|
George Francis Train
|
67 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes
|
18 March 1890
|
24 May 1890
|
By ships and trains, from Tacoma, Washington
|
[9][11]
|
George Francis Train
|
64 days
|
9 May 1891
|
12 July 1891
|
By ships and trains, from Fairhaven, Washington
|
[9]
|
J. Willis Sayre
|
54 days 9 hours and 42 minutes
|
1903
|
1903
|
From Seattle, via Trans-Siberian Railway.
|
[12]
|
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, Henry Frederick, John Henry Mears
|
36
|
2 July 1913
|
6 August 1913
|
A combination of steamers, yachts, and trains
|
[13]
|
Linton Wells, Edward S. Evans
|
28 days 14 hours 36 minutes and 5 seconds
|
1926
|
1926
|
A combination of boat, airplane, and trains
|
[14][15]
|
John Henry Mears
|
23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds
|
1928
|
1928
|
|
[16]
|
Hugo Eckener
|
21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes
|
8 August 1929
|
29 August 1929
|
First circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst, New Jersey
|
[17][18]
|
Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty
|
8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes
|
23 June 1931
|
1 July 1931
|
Lockheed Vega aeroplane, travelled 24,903 kilometres (15,474 mi), did not cross equator
|
[19]
|
Wiley Post
|
7 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes
|
15 July 1933
|
22 July 1933
|
Using an autopilot and radio direction finder, did not cross equator. From New York City
|
[19][20]
|
Howard Hughes, navigator Thomas Thurlow, engineer Richard Stoddard, and mechanic Ed Lund
|
3 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes[21]
|
10 July 1938
|
14 July 1938
|
Lockheed 14 Super Electra (NX18973) New York City; flight operations manager Albert Lodwick[22]
|
|
James Gallagher and crew (United States Air Force)
|
94 hours and 1 minute
|
1949
|
1949
|
B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II first aircraft to circle globe non-stop with four in-air refuelings, 37,743 kilometres (23,452 mi), did not cross equator and traveled no further south than the 20-degree parallel.
|
[23]
|
Col. James Morris[24] and crew (United States Air Force)
|
45 hours and 19 minutes
|
January 16, 1957
|
January 18, 1957
|
Operation Power Flite, three B-52 bombers, led by Lucky Lady III, supported by at least 76 KC-76 refueling aircraft, 39,147 kilometres (24,325 mi), no equatorial crossing
|
[25][26]
|
David Springbett
|
44 hours and 6 minutes
|
8 January 1980
|
10 January 1980
|
Retains record for circumnavigation using only scheduled transportation.
|
[26]
|
Air France
|
32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds
|
12 October 1992
|
13 October 1992
|
Concorde FAI "Westbound Around the World" and "Eastbound Around the World" world air speed records from Lisbon, Portugal.
|
[27][28]
|
Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru (Air France)
|
31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds
|
15 August 1995
|
16 August 1995
|
Concorde with 98 passengers and crew, no equatorial crossing
|
[29]
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