Sailing Alone around the World
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Philbrick, Thomas
- ISBN: 978-0-14-043736-2
- EAN: 9780140437362
- Produktnummer: 19336656
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.2 cm 275 g
- Gewicht: 275
Über den Autor
Thomas Philbrick is professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
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