Circumnavigation world record progression
This is a list of the fastest non-orbital circumnavigation made by a person or team.
| People or team | Total duration (days) | Departure date | Arrival date | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Elcano and crew | 1082 | 20 September 1519 | 6 September 1522 | [1] | |
| Francis Drake and crew | 1018 | 13 December 1577 | 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 | 9 May 1766 | [3] | |
| George Simpson | 605 | March 1841 | October 1842 | [4] | |
| This period is incomplete | |||||
| George Francis Train | "80 days" (excluding a month in France) | 1870 | 1870 | By ships and trains, from New York City, perhaps inspiring Jules Verne | [5] |
| Nellie Bly | 72 | 14 November 1889 | 25 January 1890 | Multiple means of transport, inspired by Jules Verne | [6] |
| George Francis Train | 67 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes | 18 March 1890 | 24 May 1890 | By ships and trains, from Tacoma, Washington | [5][7] |
| George Francis Train | 64 days | 9 May 1891 | 12 July 1891 | By ships and trains, from Fairhaven, Washington | [8] |
| Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, Henry Frederick, John Henry Mears | 36 | 2 July 1913 | 6 August 1913 | A combination of steamers, yachts, and trains | [9] |
| John Henry Mears | 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds | 1928 | 1928 | [10] | |
| Hugo Eckener | 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes | First circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin | [11] | ||
| Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty | 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes | 1 July 1931 | Lockheed Vega aeroplane | ||
| Wiley Post | 7 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes | Using an autopilot and radio direction finder | |||
| United States Air Force | 94 hours and 1 minute | 1949 | 1949 | B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II. Four in-air refuelings were required for the flight, which covered 37,743 kilometres (23,452 mi). | |
| This period is incomplete | |||||
| Air France | 32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds | 1992 | 1992 | Concorde |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Townsend, George Henry; Martin, Frederick W. (1862). The Manual of Dates: a Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe: And of the Progress of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Cook. Harper & brothers. 1837. p. 100.
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Australia. 1998. p. 29. ISBN 9780642106964. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
{{cite book}}: line feed character in|publisher=at position 17 (help); line feed character in|title=at position 43 (help) - ^ Simpson, Sir George (1847). An overland journey round the world: during the years 1841 and 1842. Lea and Blanchard.
- ^ a b "William Lightfoot Visscher, Journal profile, part one". Skagitriverjournal.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ Ruddick, Nicholas. “Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, and the World on the Threshold of the American Age.” Canadian Review of American Studies, Volume 29, Number 1, 1999, p. 8
- ^ George Francis Train Sets the Record as the Fastest Person to Travel Round-The-World
- ^ "William Lightfoot Visscher, Journal profile, part one". Skagitriverjournal.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ The New York Times, "A Run Around the World", August 8, 1913
- ^ Glines, Carroll V. Round-the-world flights, Ch. 2 (3rd ed. 2003) (ISBN 978-1574884487)
- ^ Geisenheyer, Max. "Mit 'Graf Zeppelin' Um Die Welt: Ein Bild-Buch". Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei G.m.b.H., Frankfurt am Mein (Germany), 1929.
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