“Draft:Circumnavigators Club”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Circumnavigators Club was founded in 1902, with membership open to those individuals who have circled the globe by crossing every line of longitude. ^[1] Former members include astronauts Scott Kelly and Neil Armstrong, along with former U.S. President Herbert Hoover. ^[2] Other notable former members include President William Taft, Harry Houdini and John Philip Sousa, who named his final published march the "Circumnavigators Club March." ^[3] The Club has over a dozen chapters around the globe. ^[4]

The Club periodically bestows the Order of Magellan upon notable individuals who have circumnavigated the earth. Past recipients include Sir Edmund Hillary, General Douglas MacArthur, Thor Heyerdahl, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and John Glenn.^[5]

The Circumnavigators Club Foundation supports student circumnavigations through Travel-Study Grants.^[6]

References

1. ^{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/travel/earth-circumnavigate-journey-crossed-the-world.html | title=I Crossed the World| newspaper=The New York Times| date=2016-10-14| last1=Kulish| first1=Nicholas}}
2. ^{{Cite web | url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3493820/What-counts-round-world-trip-OFFICIAL-rules-thinking-joining-elite-travelling-club-circumnavigators.html | title=What counts as a round-the-world trip? Here are the rules| date=2016-03-16}}
3. ^{{Cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-03-14-0903130277-story.html | title=Small club embraces worldwide ambitions}}
4. ^{{Cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-03-14-0903130277-story.html | title=Small club embraces worldwide ambitions}}
5. ^{{Cite web | url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Magellan | title=Order of Magellan}}
6. ^{{Cite web | url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/february/circumnavigator-award-winner/ | title=Circumnavigator award winner to study food security in urban areas}}