Editing Circumnavigation (section)

{{Short description|Complete navigation around the Earth}}
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[[File:Magellan Elcano Circumnavigation-en.svg|400px|thumb|The Magellan-Elcano expedition was the first circumnavigation of the Earth.]]
'''Circumnavigation''' is the complete [[navigation]] around an entire [[island]], [[continent]], or [[astronomical object|astronomical body]] (e.g. a [[planet]] or [[natural satellite|moon]]). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of [[Earth]]. 

The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the [[Magellan's circumnavigation|Magellan Expedition]], which sailed from [[Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain]] in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], and [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] oceans. Since the rise of [[commercial aviation]] in the late 20th century, circumnavigating Earth is straightforward, usually taking days instead of years.<ref name="nzh">{{cite web|last1=Howie|first1=Cherie|title=Kiwi airline exec breaks record for world circumnavigation on commercial airlines|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11983099|website=New Zealand Herald|publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617200711/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11983099|archive-date=17 June 2019|date=27 January 2018}}</ref> Today, the challenge of circumnavigating Earth has shifted towards human and technological endurance, speed, and [[List of circumnavigations#Miscellaneous|less conventional methods]].