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Sailing Alone around the World
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In April 1895, Captain Slocum set out on a three-year, 46,000-mile journey across the world and cataloged his findings in this solo traveling adventure that has been regarded as one of the best travel narratives of all time.
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.
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 g...
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