Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum

The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas the first man to circumnavigate the world single handedly.

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Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey ‘Sailing Alone Around the World’, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.