Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail

Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail

Joshua Slocum
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe by sail, completed in 1898 in a 37-foot sloop. Understated, self-reliant, and the ancestor of every solo sailing narrative written since.
Ocean & Coast Sailing & Paddling Memoir
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Publisher Leonaur
Published 2010
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