1520    The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.

1898    The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

1950    The ''St. Roch'', the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .

1985    Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

1999    Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.