Publisher's Synopsis
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 one
of the most thrilling and entertaining travel narratives of all time.
Slocum writes of dangers and delights in encounters with Moorish pirates
and Juan Fernandez islanders, tempests and languid seas, sharks and
flying fish.
In 1877, eighteen years before Slocum weighed anchor on his
74,000-kilometre journey, another enterprising New Bedford sailor,
Captain Thomas Crapo, undertook to sail across the Atlantic to England
in a boat six metres long—with his wife. Crapo's little-known narrative
of his expedition is also included in this volume. A fascinating
companion-piece, it may even have helped inspire Slocum to embark on his
great sea voyage.
In the tradition of Tim Flannery's editions of 1788 by Watkin Tench and Life and Adventures of William Buckley
comes the ripping yarn of the first solo round-the-world sailor, one of
the most remarkable and entertaining travel narratives of all time.
Flannery's introduction celebrates the careers and achievements of these
sea 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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