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Joshua Slocum
1844–1909
Best known for becoming the first person to sail alone around the world, this Nova Scotia-born seaman turned one of history’s great voyages into a lively, enduring classic. His writing blends practical seamanship, dry humor, and a real taste for danger and wonder.
2 Audiobooks
Voyage of the Liberdade
by Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum
About the author
Born in Nova Scotia in 1844, Joshua Slocum went to sea young and spent much of his life as a sailor and ship captain. After years of hard travel and setbacks, he rebuilt an old sloop called Spray and set out from Boston in 1895 on the journey that made him famous.
Over nearly three years, he completed the first recorded solo circumnavigation of the globe, returning in 1898. He told the story in Sailing Alone Around the World (1900), a memoir that became widely popular and helped make him one of the best-known adventure writers of his era.
Slocum also wrote earlier books about his voyages, including Voyage of the Liberdade and Voyage of the Destroyer from New York to Brazil. In 1909 he disappeared at sea while sailing the Spray, adding a final note of mystery to a life already filled with risk, skill, and legend.