"Circumnavigate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Paris in 1797, and formed an intimacy with a congenial spirit, M. Aime Bonpland; who afterwards became the companion of his South American travels. At this time he formed the design of joining the expedition of Captain Baudin, who was destined to circumnavigate the globe; but the continuance of hostilities prevented him from carrying that design into effect. Baffled in that project, upon which his heart was much set, Humboldt went to Marseilles with the intention of embarking on board ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. • Various
... revoir," replied La Perouse, "one would think I was going away forever; now I have but to circumnavigate the globe—five or six years' absence; it is scarcely worth while to say ...
— The Queen's Necklace • Alexandre Dumas pere |
