Joshua Slocum was the first man to circumnavigate the world single-handed. His classic account of his voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World , has been captivating readers for over a hundred years.
Slocum recounts wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates of Gibraltor, and warrior natives in Terra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs: flying fish for breakfast; a hilarious visit with the great explorer Henry Stanley in Africa - all this as he traversed 46,000 miles over three years of solo sailing.
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Joshua Slocum was the first man to circumnavigate the world single-handed. His classic account of his voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World , has been captivating readers for over a hundred years.
Slocum recounts wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates of Gibraltor, and warrior natives in Terra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs: flying fish for breakfast; a hilarious visit with the great explorer Henry Stanley in Africa - all this as he traversed 46,000 miles over three years of solo sailing.
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Joshua Slocum was the first man to circumnavigate the world single-handed. His classic account of his voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World,has been captivating readers for over a hundred years. It remains oneof the most thrilling and entertaining travel narratives of all time.Slocum writes of dangers and delights in encounters with Moorish piratesand Juan Fernandez islanders, tempests and languid seas, sharks andflying fish.
In 1877, eighteen years before Slocum weighed anchor on his74,000-kilometre journey, another enterprising New Bedford sailor,Captain Thomas Crapo, undertook to sail across the Atlantic to Englandin a boat six metres long—with his wife. Crapo's little-known narrativeof his expedition is also included in this volume. A fascinatingcompanion-piece, it may even have helped inspire Slocum to embark on hisgreat sea voyage.
In the tradition of Tim Flannery's editions of 1788 by Watkin Tench and Life and Adventures of William Buckleycomes the ripping yarn of the first solo round-the-world sailor, one ofthe most remarkable and entertaining travel narratives of all time.Flannery's introduction celebrates the careers and achievements of thesesea captains and confirms Sailing Alone Around the World as a must-read for sailors and children of all ages.
‘An immortal book...Boys who do not like this book should be drowned at once.' Arthur Ransome, author of Swallows and Amazons
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Born in Melbourne in 1956, Tim Flannery is a writer, scientist and explorer. He has written numerous books, including the award-winning bestsellers The Future Eaters, The Eternal Frontier and The Weather Makers. The 2007 Australian of the Year, Flannery is Panasonic Professor in Environmental Sustainability at Macquarie University, and is National Geographic's representative in Australasia. From 2007 to 2010 he chaired the Copenhagen Climate Council. Flannery lives on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.
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