Challenged by an expert who said it couldnt be done joshua slocum an indomitable new england sea captain set out in april of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world 46000 miles and a little over 3 years later the proof was complete captain slocum had performed the epic first single handedly in a trusty 34 foot sloop called the spray this is slocums own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage. Sailing alone around the world is joshua slocums self narrated account of his solo voyage around the world in the 1890s everything about his voyage is worthy of being told his voyage was made without radio radar gps systems or aircraft at the tail end of 19th century when slocum sailed out over the horizon he was alone known to no one and to perish meant that he would simply disappear but his narrative comes across a. Sailing alone around the world is a sailing memoir by joshua slocum in 1900 about his single handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop 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. Sailing alone around the world captain joshua slocum isbn 9780229986774 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon