Article Detail Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan Similar Questions : 1. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis 2. Name of the first Country to print books ? Answer: China 3. Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) 4. Who was first European Invader of Indian Soil ? Answer: Alexander 5. Who was First man to reach South Pole ? Answer: Ronald Amundsen 6. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) 7. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington Read more from - First in World