David Scott Cowper

David Scott Cowper is a British yachtsman, and was the first man to sail solo round the world in both directions and was also the first to successfully sail around the world via the Northwest Passage single-handed.

Read more about David Scott Cowper:  Biography, 2009-2010, 2011, 2012, Photos, Sources

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