Circumnavigation

Quick meaning: Circumnavigation is a noun meaning The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Meaning

The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Example Sentences

Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe vaſt Southern Coaſts and Streights of Magelan, firſt lighted on by Ferdinandus Magelanus in the year 1520, in his Circumnavigation of the Univerſe ; which forty five years after Sir Francis Drake, and next Sir Thomas Bendiſh, Engliſhmen, made a furhter inſpection into ; and in the Year 1600 Oliver van Noord a Hollander paſt, but of later years a Spaniard, Fedinand de Quier, out-ſhot them all by a more ample Diſcovery then all the former.

Word Forms

• circumnavigations

Synonyms for circumnavigation

Depending on context, synonyms include periplus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include circumvolation, circumcursation, circumposition, circination, circumgyration, circuition.

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