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Meanings of circumnavigation in English

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Usage of circumnavigation in English
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The offshore circumnavigation of Ireland will take about five days and nights.
The Irish Times
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The16th century saw the successful circumnavigation of the globe via the seas.
Open Source Democracy: How online communication is changing offl...
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The 20th century saw the successful circumnavigation of the globe from space.
Open Source Democracy: How online communication is changing offl...
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Once we rowed about the island, and it was truly superb-thiscircumnavigation.
Memories of Hawthorne
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In 1818 Captain Ross completed the circumnavigation of this oblong bay.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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Sailing of Sir Francis Drake on his circumnavigation of the globe.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
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At our time of life that smacked a little of circumnavigation.
In the Footprints of the Padres
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He was probably also familiar with the classical tales of the circumnavigation of Africa.
The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background o...
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Meanwhile Portugal saw the fruition of Prince Henry's work in the circumnavigation of Africa.
The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background o...
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It was a voyage of discovery; a circumnavigation of charity.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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Turning the noses of our electrical ships toward the west, we began our circumnavigation.
Edison's Conquest of Mars
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Compared with the grandeur of the Solar Impulse circumnavigation, this effort can feel small.
Wired
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It also meant he had to abandon his attempt at a non-stop, non-assisted circumnavigation.
The Guardian
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The PlanetSolar team expects to arrive in Monaco on May 4, completing the circumnavigation.
Wired
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But the crowning act of the age of discovery was the circumnavigation of the globe.
The Age of the Reformation
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Cautiously launching himself along an almost horizontal trajectory, he began the circumnavigation of his world.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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