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1 First maritime circumnavigations

• The surviving crew, 1519- 1522, of Ferdinand Magellan ( Portuguese, but sailing for Spain), who died in 1521 in the Philippines during his attempted circumnavigation. The circumnavigation was completed under command of Sebastian del Cano
• Henry(Enrique, under dispute), 1511- 1521 -The interpreter of Ferdinand Magellan. Also Henry the Black.
• Francis Drake ( English), 1577- 1580
• Thomas Cavendish ( English), 1586Events November 19 Henry Barrow, English Puritan and Separatist is imprisoned. The reign of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan ends and Emperor Go-Yozei ascends to the throne of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi becomes grand minister of Japan. William Harrison becomes ca- 1588Events May 12 Day of the Barricades in Paris. Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee. May 28 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel (it will take until
• Olivier van NoortOlivier van Noort ( 1558 22 February 1627) was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. Olivier van Noort was born in 1558 in Utrecht. He left Rotterdam on 2 July, 1598 and sailed through the Magellan Strait to Dutch East Indies. He lost one ship o ( DutchDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium), 1598Events January 7 Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 Edict of Nantes Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. Considered the end of the French Wars of R- 1601For other uses, see Number 1601. Events February 8 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England revolt is quickly crushed February 25 Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to r

2 Other maritime circumnavigations

• Pharaoh Necho II, first circumnavigation of Africa
• Robert Gray, 1787- 1790 first American circumnavigation
• Adam Johann von Krusenstern, 1803- 1806 first Russian circumnavigation
• Joshua Slocum 1895 - 1898 first solo circumnavigation of the world
• USS Nautilus, first underwater circumnavigation of the world
• Matthew Flinders first circumnavigation of Australia
• James Cook first circumnavigation of New Zealand
• Harry Pidgeon, 1921- 1925 1932- 1937, second solo circumnavigation of the world, first person to circumnavigate solo twice
• Sir Francis Chichester ( English), 1966- 1967, first single-handed circumnavigation of the world with just one port of call
• Robin Knox-Johnston ( English), 1968- 1969, first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world
• Chay Blyth ( Scottish), 1971, first westwards single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world
• Kay Cottee, in 1988 was the first woman to perform a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.