Sailing Alone Around the World

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shortly after November 14,
1909) was the first man to sail
single-handedly around the
world. He was a Canadian
born, naturalised American
seaman and adventurer, and
a noted writer. In 1900 he
told the story of this in
Sailing Alone Around the
World. He disappeared in
November 1909 while aboard
his boat, the Spray.

Sailing Alone Around the World
(1899) is the famous sailing
memoir by Joshua Slocum
about his single-handed global
circumnavigation aboard the
ship Spray. Slocum was the first
person to sail around the world
alone. The book was an
immediate success and highly
influential in inspiring later
travelers.