On July 2, 1913, he left New York City on the RMS Mauretania, then traveled by a combination of steamers, yachts, and trains to circumnavigate the Earth and reach New York City again on August 6, 1913. He had an elapsed time of 35 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 18 and four-fifths seconds. His world record stood for 13 years. In 1928, he set the record again at 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds. In the same year he wrote an autobiography called Racing the Moon.

George Meegan is an adventurer, lecturer and world traveler.  He holds the most official world’s records of any European (including the Longest Unbroken March of All Time) earned from his epic walk from Tierra Del Fuego, South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; 19,019 miles in 2,425 days from 1977 to 1983. Later he completed his walk to Barrow in 2000
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Un globe-trotter - Stamane ebbimo il piacere di ricevere la visita del celebre globe-trotter Mihaylo Milavanovitsch di Belgrado, che sta compiendo una colossale gita in Europa.