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The first person to sail around the world alone was Joshua Slocum.He set saul aboard his home-built craft,the Spray,in 1898 and completed the 73,600 kilometres in 1,158 days-stopping several times on the way.In 1969,Robin Knox Johnston became the first person to sail around the world alone non-stop.He took 312 days and 1 hour to travel 48,167 kilometres in his yacht Suhaili.

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Juan Sebastián Elcano finished his round trip of the world on September the 6th 1522, and so was the first known person to complete a round the world trip by sea.

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