Who on earth was the first person to walk around the world?

Dave Kunst is the first person verified to have completed circling the entire land mass of the Earth (with exception of the oceans) on foot. The Earthwalker carried a torch in the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay and he is featured in the 1997 Guinness Record Breakers Book. With help from his brothers John and Pete, and Jenni Samuel, an Australian School Teacher, Dave walked 14,450 miles round the planet earth. See the World Walk Map.
http://www.davekunst.com/

The first person reputed to have walked around the world is George Matthew Schilling (USA) from 1897 to 1904.
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