Author | Joshua Slocum |
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Language | English |
Genre | Autobiography, sailing memoir |
Publisher | The Century Company |
Publication date | 1900 |
Publication place | Canada |
ISBN | 978-1-59308-303-8 |
Text | Sailing Alone Around the World at Wikisource |
Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.