See circumaviation on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1914 May, Flying, volume 3, page 123:",
"text": "THE CIRCUMAVIATION of the GLOBE / UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO / 1915 / TENTATIVE ROUTE OF THE AIRMEN SHOWN ON THE BUTTERFLY MAP INVENTED BY B. J. S. CAHILL, F. R. G. S., CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.",
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