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What is a sentence with circumnavigation in it?

Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe.


What is going completely around the earth especially by water known as?

circumnavigation


What term describes a voyage around the earth?

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.


Going completely around the earth especially by water is known as .?

circumnavigation


In May 1960 the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth was completed by what submarine?

USS Nautilus


Which US submarine successfully completed the first fully-submerged circumnavigation of the earth in 60 days and 21 hours?

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?

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.


What words have the root avi in it?

avionics, aviation, circumnavigation


Good sentence for 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.


What is Circumnavigation of the earth by car?

Impossible. You can have a car shipped across waterways, but then you're not really circumnavigating by car during those times.


Did Magellan discover the earth was round?

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.


Who found water route around south america?

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.