Joshua Slocum

Sailing alone around the world - Joshua Slocum

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The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas-the first person to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.

First published in 1900, Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable--and entertaining--travel narratives of all time.

Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six foot wooden sloop "Spray" in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world's great circumnavigators--Magellan, Drake, and Cook.

But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for courage, skill, and determination.

"Sailing Alone Around the World" recounts Slocum's wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flying fish for breakfast in the Pacific; and a hilarious visit with Henry ("Dr.

Livingstone, I presume?") Stanley in South Africa.

A century later, Slocum's incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.

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