Editing Circumnavigation (section)

===Mechanically powered===
Since the advent of world cruises in 1922, by [[Cunard Line|Cunard's]] [[RMS Laconia (1921)|''Laconia'']], thousands of people have completed circumnavigations of the globe at a more leisurely pace. Typically, these voyages begin in [[New York City]] or [[Southampton]], and proceed westward. Routes vary, either travelling through the Caribbean and then into the Pacific Ocean via the [[Panama Canal]], or around [[Cape Horn]]. From there ships usually make their way to Hawaii, the islands of the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, then northward to Hong Kong, South East Asia, and India. At that point, again, routes may vary: one way is through the [[Suez Canal]] and into the Mediterranean; the other is around [[Cape of Good Hope]] and then up the west coast of Africa. These cruises end in the port where they began.<ref name=":0" />

In 1960, the American nuclear-powered submarine [[USS Triton (SSRN-586)|USS ''Triton'']] circumnavigated the globe in 60 days, 21 hours for [[Operation Sandblast]].

The current circumnavigation record in a powered boat of 60 days 23 hours and 49 minutes<ref>[https://www.uimpowerboating.com/Records1.aspx Records]uimpowerboating.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814144327/https://www.uimpowerboating.com/Records1.aspx |date=14 August 2017 }}</ref> was established by a voyage of the wave-piercing trimaran ''[[Earthrace]]'' which was completed on 27 June 2008. The voyage followed the North Atlantic Ocean, Panama Canal, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea route in a westerly direction.