sailing alone around the world

The first illustrated edition of the classic sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum, the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone! “Sailing Alone Around the World” is Joshua Slocum’s memoir about sailing alone around the world aboard his sloop “Spray”. The book was an immediate success when it was first published in 1900 and was highly influential in inspiring later travelers to do the same. Slocum was a highly experienced navigator and ship owner. He rebuilt and refitted the derelict sloop “Spray” in a seaside pasture in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Between April 24, 1895 and June 27, 1898 Slocum, aboard “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 return to Massachusetts after a journey of 46000 miles. Filled with art, photographs, maps, artifacts and period illustrations, this new edition will be popular with armchair travelers and maritime enthusiasts around the world. Included in this edition are excerpts from those who, inspired by Slocum, also circumnavigated the globe, as well as other well-known sailors, sailing enthusiasts and sailing writers, such as Henry Dana, Geoffrey Wolff, William F. Buckley and Nathaniel Philbrick.

Edition: 2016