https://www.pitara.com/tags/circumnavigation/Recent content in Circumnavigation on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/when-was-the-first-circumnavigation-by-air/Thu, 18 Oct 2001 03:42:14 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/when-was-the-first-circumnavigation-by-air/<p>Ever since Colombus set sail to see if the world was flat or round, intrepid explorers have vied with each other to go around the earth. The world has been circumnavigated by sea by Marco Polo and people have walked across continents from end to end. But until 1924 no one had tried to circumnavigate the world by air except over a continent by a balloon in a Jules Verne novel.</p> <p>Eight Americans decided to circumnavigate the world by plane. So in 1924, they set out from Seattle Washington, USA, in four Douglas World Cruisers and 175 days later three of the aircraft and crew returned to set a new world record.</p>