Robert Louis Stevenson in South Africa, he talked congenially with Stanley of Stanley and Livingstone fame, and met Oom Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal republic. Across the Atlantic he sailed, but chased by Moorish pirates off Gibraltar, he decided to circle Cape Horn instead and go around the world the other way! He tells of perils on stormy seas and of numerous harrowing events: his escape from a fleet of hostile canoes an encounter with Black Pedro, the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the Spray's deck submerged by a great wave off the Patagonian coast the rain of blood in Australia dodging coral reefs in the South Seas. His almost matter-of-fact descriptions of hazardous episodes and his colorful, often witty observations make this book perhaps the most delightful and absorbing adventure tale in history. Slocum writes in a fast-paced, exhilarating style. This is Slocum's own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later, the proof was complete: Captain Slocum had performed the epic first single-handedly in a trusty 34-foot sloop called the Spray. SeafarerĬhallenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out in April of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. The finest single-handed adventure story yet written. One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure. One of the great feats of seamanship told in a delightful manner. About the Book Classic of sea adventure conveys all the excitement of being the first man to sail around the world, alone, in a small boat.

Slocum sail around the world