There's a little controversy on who was first, but to the best of my knowledge it was Carl 'Stearns' Clancy - he started the trip with his buddy Walter Storey. They were both on Henderson's. 1913-1914.
Robert Fulton did RTW in 1932-33.
And there have been hundreds, and probably thousands, who have done it since, sorry!
But your friend was certainly an early pioneer - at that time, not very many had done it. And in many ways it was a lot harder then, so my hats off to him!
Too bad his book isn't currently available! I'd love to have a copy myself. With the growing interest in RTW travel, it may be worth while to republish it. Fulton's book is selling well, and Danny Liska's has recently come available again. See our Books pages for those and many more.
And he's welcome to come to one of our Travellers Meetings if there is one close enough, we'd love to have him as a guest.
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