Show world circumnavigation no one has ever gone around the world at its 25 mile cir cumfer ence at the equator magellan balled a greater distance as he had to go far south to round cape horn and cape of good hope and return porth north of the equator to his starting place the graf zeppelin followed almost a zigzag course over part of its route byrd usually Is said to have flown around the pole rather than around the earth these records are rela tive As matters now stand post and gatty have the record for the corn bin atlon of the greatest distance in the fonest test time |