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    Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an easterly direction?

    Question #43984. Asked by guiscard. (Feb 03 04 4:40 AM)


    DogRL

    		Have a Captain Cook at this.
    http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_001400_hmsadventure.htm


    From the reference site:

    HMS Adventure, which sailed under command of Commander Tobias Furneaux, a veteran of Captain Samuel Wallis's 1766-68 circumnavigation in HMS Dolphin.

    After a voyage of two years and three days, Adventure anchored at Spithead on July 14. Though the voyage was not the success it might have been, Adventure had the distinction of being the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east.

    [Edited to add info from reference site - McG]

    Feb 03 04, 6:41 AM

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