List of circumnavigations

This is a list of circumnavigations of Earth.

Sections are ordered by ascending date of completion.

(Widespread introduction of Very Low Frequency navigational aids) Motorized transportation is permitted over water and where otherwise needed, but the human-powered distance must be a minimum of 18,000 miles (29,000 km) to qualify for a world record, according to Guinness rules since 2013.

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The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the world's first circumnavigation.
The map of Dampier 's circumnavigation produced by Herman Moll (1697)
The map of Ambrose Cowley 's circumnavigation in the 1699 edition of his travels
The routes of James Cook 's voyages. The first voyage is shown in red , second voyage in green , and third voyage in blue . The route of Cook's crew following his death is shown as a dashed blue line.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev
In 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones achieved the first non-stop balloon circumnavigation in Breitling Orbiter 3 .