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His first book describing his adventures at sea, Voyage of the Liberdade follows the early adventures on the high seas of American sailor JOSHUA SLOCUM (1844-1909), who would later become the first man to sail alone around the world. First aboard the Aquidneck and then later the Liberdade and journeying from New York to Uruguay to Rio, Slocum and his crew battle harsh weather, sickness, and murder as they ply their trade. This is a real-life a...

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Diese Geschichte voller Salz und Wind ist ein Vermächtnis an Segler, die wie er die Ozeane besegeln", schreibt Wilfried Erdmann im Vorwort über den großen Pionier. Der Reisebericht über die erste Einhand-Weltumseglung aus dem Jahr 1900 war der Beginn einer neuen Segel-Ära. Joshua Slocum ist von 1895 bis 1898 als erster Mensch allein um die Welt gesegelt und hat damit eine neue Form des Segelns begründet. In seinem Bericht über diese einzigart...

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Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. Before this famous journey, he stranded in Brazil with his wife and sons Garfield and Victor, where he started building a boat that could sail them home. He used local materials, salvaged materials from the Aquidneck and local workers. The boat was launched on May 13, 1888, the very day slavery was abolished in Brazil, and therefore the ship was given the Portuguese name...

Bei diesem kleinen Buch handelt es sich um eine spannende Seefahrer-Erzählung über eine Reise nach Südamerika, ein Schiffswrack und dessen Heimführung. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.

Arguably the original sailing classic, this beautifully produced edition includes new maps and a foreword by a high-profile sailor.

Excerpt from Sailing Alone Around the WorldRounding the Cape of Storms in olden time - A rough Christmas The Spray ties up for a three months' rest at Cape Town A railway trip to the Transvaal President Kruger's odd definition of the Spray's voyage His terse sayings Distinguished guests on the Spray - Cocoanut fiber as a padlock - Courtesies from the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. ...

Excerpt from Voyage of the Liberdade: Description of Voyage Down to the Sea Gulf Stream, if it should for a moment go astray, knowing, as all do, that it is the law of all things on earth to err. Believing, nevertheless, that a great Power will regulate all under one law, and make all happy, he would fain sail always free with the wind. For whither wafted are joys and sor rows! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thous...

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 woul...

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First published in book form in 1900, this is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers. Slocum was a Canadian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, t...

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Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckages, and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success. Th...

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