Sailing Alone Around The World And Voyage Of The Liberdade
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of sail, one man dared to do what no one had ever done before — Captain Joshua Slocum, a seasoned mariner of extraordinary resolve, became the first person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly, and this landmark volume unites his two greatest accounts: Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of the Liberdade. The first chronicle follows his epic three-year journey aboard the sloop Spray from 1895 to 1898, navigating treacherous seas, remote islands, and the full fury of the world's great oceans armed with little more than instinct, ingenuity, and an unshakeable will; the second recounts his earlier, equally audacious escape from Brazil after his vessel sank, constructing a makeshift boat and sailing his family thousands of miles to safety. Together, these two narratives stand as cornerstones of maritime literature, written with a disarming wit and plain-spoken elegance that transforms harrowing adventure into deeply human storytelling. Slocum's prose carries the salt-worn authority of a man who truly lived each word he wrote, and with an introduction by Arthur Ransome — himself a celebrated writer of seafaring tales — this edition situates the work within its rightful place in the canon of great sea writing. Whether you are a devotee of nautical history or simply drawn to stories of indomitable human spirit, these pages will pull you irresistibly toward the open horizon.
Author: Captain Joshua Slocum
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of sail, one man dared to do what no one had ever done before — Captain Joshua Slocum, a seasoned mariner of extraordinary resolve, became the first person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly, and this landmark volume unites his two greatest accounts: Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of the Liberdade. The first chronicle follows his epic three-year journey aboard the sloop Spray from 1895 to 1898, navigating treacherous seas, remote islands, and the full fury of the world's great oceans armed with little more than instinct, ingenuity, and an unshakeable will; the second recounts his earlier, equally audacious escape from Brazil after his vessel sank, constructing a makeshift boat and sailing his family thousands of miles to safety. Together, these two narratives stand as cornerstones of maritime literature, written with a disarming wit and plain-spoken elegance that transforms harrowing adventure into deeply human storytelling. Slocum's prose carries the salt-worn authority of a man who truly lived each word he wrote, and with an introduction by Arthur Ransome — himself a celebrated writer of seafaring tales — this edition situates the work within its rightful place in the canon of great sea writing. Whether you are a devotee of nautical history or simply drawn to stories of indomitable human spirit, these pages will pull you irresistibly toward the open horizon.