Sailing Alone Around the World, part 1

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Captain Joshua Slocum’s adventure began in Boston, and it took him to nearly every corner of the world, nearly costing him his life on multiple occasions, and probably costing him his marriage. But in the end it earned him a place in history as the first person to circumnavigate the world completely alone, covering about 46,000 miles in three years, two months, and two days, without so much as a dog or a ship’s rat for company. The saga begins long before that legendary 1895 voyage, when the growing and very seafaring Slocum family lived at sea for 13 years, until they were visited by unspeakable tragedy. It follows them as they attempt to pick up the pieces, only to encounter further misfortunes that drove a wedge into the family and drove the Captain out to sea in his handmade sloop on what seemed like an impossible mission: sailing alone around the world.

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Sailing Alone Around The World

The Globe’s famous etching of the Spray

Detail of an East Boston map showing the location where the Spray departed in 1895

The LIberdade

The Northern Light

The Sloop Spray in Later Years

• The Voyage of the Liberdade, by Joshua Slocum
• Joshua Slocum, by Walter Magnus Teller
• Joshua Slocum convicted of cruelty, Dec 22, 1883
• Josh & Hettie Slocum’s marriage notice, March 2, 1886
• The Liberdade sighted near Charleston, Nov 4, 1888
• The Liberdade arrives in DC for the winter, Dec 28, 1888
• The Liberdade arrives safe in New York Harbor, May 12, 1889