The first solo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the globe is completed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Slocum" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joshua Slocum">Joshua Slocum</a> from Briar Island, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>.