JOSHUA SLOCUM

Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) 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. Joshua Slocum (18441909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. seaman and adventurer, wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.There was considerable international interest in Slocums journey, particularly once he had entered the Pacific; he was awaited at most of his ports of call, and gave lectures and lantern-slide shows to well-filled halls.The trip itinerary went as follows: Fairhaven, Boston, Gloucester, Nova Scotia, Azores, Gibraltar, (Morocco), Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Maldonado, Montevideo, Strait of Magellan, Cockburn Channel, Port Angosto, Juan Fernandez, Marquesas, Samoa, Fiji, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Cooktown, Christmas Island, Keeling Cocos, Rodrigues, Mauritius, Durban, Cape Town, (Transvaal), St Helena, Ascension Island, Devils Island, Trinidad, Grenada, Newport, Fairhaven.

Illustrator: Thomas Fogarty and George Varian

Um clássico da literatura de viagens, Sozinho ao redor do mundo narra a história de Joshua Slocum e sua façanha de ter sido o primeiro ser humano a dar a volta ao mundo sozinho. Ele fez isso a bordo de seu veleiro, o Spray .Publicada em 1900, esta obra e uma empolgante narrativa sobre superaço e aventura , fez um imenso sucesso a epoca e inspira geraçes de velejadores ate hoje.Um relato brilhante e bem-humorado que vai despertar nos leitores o desejo de ir alem, esta ediço conta ainda com prefacio de Lars Grael e Murillo Novaes .

Solo a un marino mercante se le podía haber ocurrido llevar a cabo una singladura como la que emprendió Joshua el 24 de abril de 1895, en en plena transición entre la época dorada de los grandes clípers y la llegada del vapor. Por la proa de su Spray, velero de 37 pies de eslora aparejado en yol y completamente reconstruido por el propio Slocum, desfilaron 46.000 millas en una aventura que le llevaria a cruzar tres veces el Atlantico para dar la vuelta al mundo en solitario. Maestro de maestros, de Slocum han hablado todos los grandes de la navegacion a vela y todos ellos han envidiado, en mayor o menor medida, las cualidades marineras del Spray y sus fantasticas aptitudes para mantener el rumbo solo con el equilibrio de sus velas. Mas de ochocientas reproducciones del mitico velero, han surcado y surcan los mares de hoy en dia.

Sailing Alone Around the World 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.

No ano de 1893, o governo do Marechal Floriano Peixoto está às voltas com a Revolta da Armada. Treze generais exigiam que Peixoto, vice-presidente da jovem República que assumira o cargo após a renún

"Sailing Alone Around The World" is the memoir of Joshua Slocum narrating his fabulous circumnavigation adventure around the world, undertaken at the end of the 19th century. Slocum was the first person to achieve this feat by sailing alone. The book, released in 1900, was an immediate success and influenced many other adventurers to also attempt similar feats. The highlights of the journey, as narrated by Joshua, include the perils of the ocean such as fog, storms, collision, loneliness, crisis, navigation, fatigue... It also includes the risks of coastal navigation with pirates, attacks from savages, coves, shoals, and coral reefs, grounding, and shipwreck. "Sailing Alone Around The World" is a delightful adventure book, one of those that we hate to interrupt and that, in the end, leaves us longing to also sail around the world.

Joshua Slocums 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 worlds great circumnavigators Magellan, Drake, and Cook. 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. Sailing Alone Around the World recounts Slocums 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. A century later, Slocums incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.

Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum - Joshua Slocums Sailing Alone Around the World is a classic, beloved by sailors the world over who have enjoyed this engrossing tale of a man who sails around the world alone in a small wooden sailboat built with his own hands. This edition is thoroughly annotated by teacher/journalist Rod Scher, who provides explanation, commentary, clarification, and In the News sidebars for historical context that will make Slocums masterpiece more accessible to todays readers, sailors and landlubbers alike.

Captain Joshua Slocums solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe continues to enjoy immense popularity throughout the world.

Premier marin à effectuer un tour du monde en solitaire sur son voilier le Spray, Joshua Slocum fut commandant émérite des derniers grands voiliers de commerce. De l’honnête aisance du capitaine arma

« Personne ne peut savoir quel plaisir on éprouve à naviguer seul en toute liberté sur les océans immenses, à moins d’en avoir l’expérience. »En 1895, Joshua Slocum part de Boston avec le voilier qu’

On April 24, 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum set out on a three-year journey to circumnavigate the world alone by boat. Crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in his sloop, the Spray, Slocum visited South Africa, South America, and Australia before returning home as the first man to successfully sail around the world solo. Slocums memoir tells of pirate attacks, gale-force winds, strange hallucinations and the ever-present threat of shipwreck. Restless and land-weary, Slocum set sail again in 1909 and was never heard from. He was declared legally dead in 1924.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

O RELATO IMPRESSIONANTE DE UMA DAS VIAGENS MARÍTIMAS MAIS LENDÁRIAS DE SEMPREO relato autobiográfico de Joshua Slocum sobre a sua viagem em solitário à volta do mundo é uma das narrativas de viagem m

On April 24, 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum set out on a three-year journey to circumnavigate the world alone by boat. Crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in his sloop, the Spray, Slocum visited South Africa, South America, and Australia before returning home as the first man to successfully sail around the world solo. Slocums memoir tells of pirate attacks, gale-force winds, strange hallucinations and the ever-present threat of shipwreck. Restless and land-weary, Slocum set sail again in 1909 and was never heard from. He was declared legally dead in 1924.Sailing Alone Around the World was originally published as installments from Slocums journal. The original work is generously illustrated and remains one of the greatest narratives of seafaring adventure ever written.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Il diario di navigazione piu letto e famoso, uno dei grandi classici della letteratura di viaggio, in una nuova traduzione e con unintroduzione inedita di Bjorn Larsson. Lo straordinario racconto dellimpresa di Joshua Slocum a bordo dello Spray: tre anni intorno al mondo, tra il 1895 e il 1898, per compiere la prima circumnavigazione del globo a vela e in solitario.