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Sailing Alone around the World

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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 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 its 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 fellow explorer Henry 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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