This definitive edition of all of Captain Joshua Slocum's writings is now being reissued in time for the 100th anniversary of Slocum's epic singlehanded voyage.[...]
As the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, Captain Joshua Slocum is celebrated as the patron saint of small-boat voyagers, navigators, and adventurers all over the world (Joshua Slocum Society), and heralded as the penultimate example of independent marine navigation at a time when the i[...]
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. Slocum set off alone from Boston in April 1895 and went on to join the ranks of the world's great circumnavigators. But by[...]
In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the "Spray, "a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, "Sailing Alone Around the World," made him internationally famous. But scan[...]
Written before the turn of the century, SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD is a classic tale of the sea. Slocum was 51 when he circled the globe in a 36-foot craft of his own construction. This book is a "must" for those who have never read it, also for armchair sailors who navigated its pages long ago [...]
Joshua Slocum, one of the most famous of American sea captains, really was "The First" to single-handedly circumnavigate the world. The epitome of Yankee independence, he had been captain of his own single-decker, the Aquidneck, and built the Liberdade but he was at loose-ends at fifty-one. An old f[...]
Joshua Slocum's epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the 37 foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of singlehanded voyaging, and has since been the inspiration for the many who have gone to sea in small boats. Starting fro[...]
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A devoted chronicle...of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review[...]
The newest title in the Stories of our Past series tells the tale of the Brier Island boy who went to sea at sixteen and never looked back. The first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, Captain Joshua Slocum has remained a nautical icon since the publication ofSailing Alone Around the Worldin [...]
Den förste att segla ensam jorden runt var inte bara en erfaren skeppare och skicklig båtbyggare han var också en stor författare! På egen hand byggde Joshua Slocum om en 36 fots slupriggad fiskebåt vid namn Spray och den 24 april 1895 kunde han hissa segel i Boston, Massachusets. Mer än tre [...]
Sjökaptenen Joshua Slocum seglade ensam jorden runt mellan 1895 och 1898 i den elva meter långa jakten Spray.
Ensam seglare jorden runt av kapten Josua Slocum räknas som en av historiens bästa seglingsskildringar, en klassiker.
Slocums berättarkonst är lugn och saklig, [...]
Over a thirteen month period between 1893-1894 Joshua Slocum became the first person to circumnavigate the globe by himself. This remarkable journey, which inspired many other sailing enthusiasts to do the same, is detailed in this memoir. Filled with numerous illustrations, "Sailing Alone Around th[...]