Mike Horn began the Pangea Expedition in 2008, planning to circumnavigate the globe from north to south. he hasn't completed it yet, though.
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Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain and explorer. He was captain of the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe in 1790, and also entered and named the Columbia River in 1792. His trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America pioneered the American sea borne fur tade there.
Ferdinand Magellan Actually Ferdinand Magellan was not the first. He died on his expedition because they were not knowledgeable of how long the trip would last and they did not bring enough supplies. 270 men were on his crew and only 18 of the men survived and they did not include Magellan.
The earliest documented circumnavigation of the globe was the one led by the Portoguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães (aka Magellan) between the years 1519 & 1522. The chap perished in the journey, just like most of the crewmen .