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Sailing Alone Around the World
by Slocum, Joshua (Capt.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870215825
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215827
- Seller
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Second Printing Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234pp.; HB blue w/dk.blue&gilt-ribbon bkmk.; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. "Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail alone around the world in a small boat with none but himself as captain... " orig.pub. in 1900. illus.
Synopsis
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. Joshua Slocum’s 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 world’s 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 Slocum’s 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, Slocum’s incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Xochis Bookstore and Gallery
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055069
- Title
- Sailing Alone Around the World
- Author
- Slocum, Joshua (Capt.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0870215825
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215827
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Adventure; Sailing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stan;
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