In 1841, he joined the crew of the Acushnet, a whaling ship bound for the Pacific. Confined for a year and a half to the ship, he deserted and explored the South Seas independently...
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16-27 May 1919: The first transatlantic flight was made in...
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16-27 May 1919
The first transatlantic flight was made in three stages by United States Navy
pilot Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read and his crew.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
