It means to sail around the world.
Earth (if you mean Earth's moon)
Well of course it is
It depends on what you mean by this. If you mean when you or it will end, it will be when god pleases, which will be when no one suspects.
Yes, ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes is known for running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. While this doesn't constitute a continuous circumnavigation of the globe, it is an impressive running feat.
If you mean circumference then it's about 40,000 km. If you mean diameter then it's about 12,700 km.
Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe.
circumnavigation
A voyage around the earth is commonly referred to as a "circumnavigation." This term describes the act of traveling all the way around a planet or a geographical feature.
circumnavigation
USS Nautilus
submarine successfully completed the first fully-submerged circumnavigation of the earth in 60 days and 21 hours?HMNGOMEZ-USS Triton (SSRN-586)
Traveling in a full circle around the Earth is called circumnavigation. This term refers to the act of traveling all the way around a planet, typically by sea or air. Famous examples of circumnavigation include Magellan's expedition in the 16th century and the first solo non-stop circumnavigation by Joshua Slocum in 1898.
avionics, aviation, circumnavigation
A way in which you could write circumnavigation, in a sentence is: All the birds which made a circumnavigation stopped for food in the same places.
Impossible. You can have a car shipped across waterways, but then you're not really circumnavigating by car during those times.
Although Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first circumnavigation of the Earth, many ancient scholars were already aware that the Earth was round. The Greek scientist Eratosthenes was the first to calculate the Earth's circumference, thus proving the Earth's roundness.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to round the Cape Horn. He discovered it as he was on his circumnavigation of the earth in 1520.