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Captain Joshua Slocum, an experienced mariner, tells the thrilling
tale of the Liberdade and the great journey it made from South
America, through the Caribbean, and onto the United States. When
this book first appeared in 1890, it received wide praise for
authentically capturing the spirit of naval adventure and human
resourcefulness. At a time when ordinary sailing boats were fast
being obsoleted by faster vessels powered by steam engines, Captain
Slocum's recollections are testament that sea voyages were as
exciting as they ever were. The Liberdade was constructed from
materials salvaged from the locality of Brazil, where Slocum was
stranded at the time. The ship received its name as one day after
its launch, on May 14th 1888, slavery was abolished by the
Brazilian government. The fifty-five day voyage of Joshua Slocum
and his family back to the United States is chronicled in this
book, with the high and low points of their epic adventure
mentioned.
Captain Joshua Slocum, an experienced mariner, tells the thrilling
tale of the Liberdade and the great journey it made from South
America, through the Caribbean, and onto the United States. When
this book first appeared in 1890, it received wide praise for
authentically capturing the spirit of naval adventure and human
resourcefulness. At a time when ordinary sailing boats were fast
being obsoleted by faster vessels powered by steam engines, Captain
Slocum's recollections are testament that sea voyages were as
exciting as they ever were. The Liberdade was constructed from
materials salvaged from the locality of Brazil, where Slocum was
stranded at the time. The ship received its name as one day after
its launch, on May 14th 1888, slavery was abolished by the
Brazilian government. The fifty-five day voyage of Joshua Slocum
and his family back to the United States is chronicled in this
book, with the high and low points of their epic adventure
mentioned.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the
classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer
them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so
that everyone can enjoy them.
Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 - on or shortly after 14 November
1909) was a Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, a noted
writer, and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world.
In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the
World. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his
sloop-rigged fishing boat. Captain Slocum, a highly experienced
navigator and ship-owner, rebuilt and refitted the derelict sloop
Spray in a seaside pasture at Fairhaven, Massachusetts during a
thirteen-month period between early 1893 and 1894. Between April
24, 1895 and June 27, 1898, Slocum, aboard the Spray, crossed the
Atlantic twice (to Gibraltar and back to South America), negotiated
the Strait of Magellan, and crossed the Pacific. He also visited
Australia and South Africa before crossing the Atlantic (for the
third time) to reach home after a journey of 46,000 miles.
Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 - on or shortly after 14 November
1909) was an American writer, seaman and adventurer. He was one of
the first man to sail alone around the world. He disappeared in
November 1909 while aboard his fishing boat that he had named the
Spray.
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