![]() ![]() It is a wonderful adventure story from the Age of Sail and a book of which Arthur Ransome declared, “boys who do not like this book ought to be drowned at once.”įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. In 1899 he described the voyage in Sailing Alone Around the World now considered a classic of travel literature. This book is available for free download in a number of formats - including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. More than three years later, he returned to Newport, Rhode Island, on Jhaving circumnavigated the world, a distance of 46,000 miles (74,000 km). On April 24, 1895, he set sail from Boston, Massachusetts. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boat that he named the Spray. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. Librivox recording of Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum. ![]()
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