Editing Circumnavigation (section)

===Maritime===
* The [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] ('Spanish') [[Timeline of Magellan's circumnavigation|Magellan-Elcano expedition]] of August 1519 to 8 September 1522, started by Portuguese navigator [[Ferdinand Magellan|Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan)]] and completed by Spanish Basque navigator [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]] after Magellan's death, was the first global circumnavigation<ref>{{cite book|first=Gloria Pilar |last= Totoricagüena|title=Basque Diaspora: Migration And Transnational Identity|publisher=University of Nevada Press|year=2005|isbn=9781877802454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xy6p3D4AoTIC|access-date=8 March 2013|page=132}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation. |first1= Antonio |last1= Pigafetta |first2= Raleigh Ashlin |last2= Skelton |publisher= Courier Dover Publications |year= 1994 |isbn= 978-0-486-28099-8}}{{page needed|date=July 2014}}</ref> (see [[Victoria (ship)|''Victoria'']]).
* The survivors of [[García Jofre de Loaísa]]'s Spanish expedition 1525–1536, including [[Andrés de Urdaneta]] and Hans von Aachen, who was also one of the 18 survivors of Magellan's expedition, making him the first to circumnavigate the world twice.
* [[Francis Drake]] carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition (and on a single independent voyage), from 1577 to 1580.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coote |first=Stephen |date=2003 |title=Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero |location=New York |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |isbn=978-0-312-34165-7}}</ref>
* [[Jeanne Baret]] is the first woman to complete a voyage of circumnavigation, in 1766–1769.<ref>{{citation |title=Monsieur Baret: First Woman Around the World |first=John |last=Dunmore |publisher=Heritage Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-908708-54-3}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=The Discovery of Jeanne Baret |first=Glynis |last=Ridley |publisher=Crown Publisher New York |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-307-46352-4}}</ref>
* [[John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)|John Hunter]] commanded the first ship to circumnavigate the World starting from Australia, between 2 September 1788 and 8 May 1789, with one stop in Cape Town to load supplies for the colony of New South Wales.<ref>Hunter, John, [http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/hunhist.pdf An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island], John Stockdale, London, 1793</ref>
* {{HMS|Driver|1840|6}} completed the first circumnavigation by a steam ship in 1845–1847. 
* The Spanish frigate ''[[Spanish ironclad Numancia|Numancia]]'', commanded by Juan Bautista Antequera y Bobadilla, completed the first circumnavigation by an [[ironclad]] in 1865–1867.
* [[Joshua Slocum]] completed the first [[single-handed sailing|single-handed]] circumnavigation in 1895–1898.
* In 1942, [[Vito Dumas]] became the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe along the [[Roaring Forties]].
* In 1960, the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine {{USS|Triton|SSRN-586}} completed the [[Operation Sandblast|submerged circumnavigation]].
* In 1969, [[Robin Knox-Johnston]] became the first person to complete a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation.
* In 1999, [[Jesse Martin]] became the youngest recognized person to complete an unassisted, non-stop, circumnavigation, at the age of 18.
* In 2001, the U.S. Coast Guard {{ USCGC|Sherman|WHEC-720}} became the first Coast Guard vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
* In 2012, [[Tûranor PlanetSolar|''PlanetSolar'']] became the first ever [[solar electric vehicle]] to circumnavigate the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Webster|first=Andrew|date=2012-05-04|title=PlanetSolar completes first solar-powered boat trip around the globe|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/4/2999750/planetsolar-solar-powered-boat-trip|access-date=2020-12-18|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2012, [[Laura Dekker]] became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, with stops, at the age of 16.
* In 2017, trimaran ''[[IDEC 3]]'' with sailors: [[Francis Joyon]], [[Alex Pella]], Clément Surtel, Gwénolé Gahinet, Sébastien Audigane and Bernard Stamm completes the fastest circumnavigation of the globe ever; in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The voyage followed the North Atlantic Ocean, Equator, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Equator, North Atlantic Ocean route in an easterly direction.
* In 2022, the [[Witherby Publishing Group#MV Astra|''MV Astra'']], a former [[Swedish Sea Rescue Society]] ship became the first sub-24m motor-powered vessel to circumnavigate the globe via the southern capes.<ref name="AstraMBY">{{cite web|url=https://www.mby.com/news/meet-the-british-skipper-and-his-converted-lifeboat-aiming-for-a-new-world-record-118945 | title=Iain Macneil and converted lifeboat MV Astra set new world record | date=16 May 2022 |publisher=Motorboat & Yachting|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="TheTimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/sailors-epic-global-voyage-sets-record-2x02hb27c | title=Sailor Iain Macneil's epic global voyage sets record |work=[[The Times]]| access-date=19 May 2022| last1=Merritt | first1=Mike }}</ref>