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Definition of Circumnavigator
1. n. One who sails round.
Definition of Circumnavigator
1. Noun. A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumnavigator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumnavigator
Literary usage of Circumnavigator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales by Royal Society of New South Wales (1901)
"TWO HISTORICAL NOTES IN REGARD TO CAPTAIN COOK THE circumnavigator. ... Cook,
the celebrated circumnavigator, born 27 October 1728, at Marton in Cleveland, ..."
2. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"Tins catastrophe took place in 1521 ; and by this act of imprudence he lost the
honour of being the first circumnavigator of the glob«, which accrued to ..."
3. The Sea and Its Living Wonders: A Popular Account of the Marvels of the Deep by Georg Hartwig (1892)
"His Discovery of the Pacific, and subséquent Fate. — Ferdinand Magellan.
— Sebastian el Cano, the first circumnavigator of the Globe. ..."
4. Captain Cook's Three Voyages Round the World by James Cook, Charles Rathbone Low (1880)
"He settled a pension of £25 per annum on each of the three surviving sons of the
great circumnavigator, and a pension of .£200 a year on the widow. ..."
5. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"... JAMES, an English circumnavigator, born at Marton, Yorkshire, England, October
28, 1728; killed on the island of Hawaii, ..."
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