In 1910 his wife declared him lost at sea. Unlike his typical voyages, Slocum was never heard from or seen again. A century later, Slocum’s incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written. On November 14, 1909, at the age of 64, he set sail from Vineyard Haven in Massachusetts on Spray, headed for the West Indies, The Amazon, Orinoco, and Rio Negro Rivers. 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. 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. 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. On April 24, 1895, he departed Boston in his 37-foot sloop. 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. Captain Joshua Slocum (18441909) was the first person to circle the globe alone entirely by sea. The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.
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