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Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

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Nellie Bly

American investigative journalist (1864–1922)

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked…
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Circumnavigation

Complete navigation around the Earth

Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body. This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth.
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