Joshua Slocum
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Navegando en Solitario al Rededor del Mundo, es un libro de memorias de Joshua Slocum que narra su fabulosa aventura de dar la vuelta al mundo, llevada a cabo a finales del siglo IX. Slocum fue la primera persona en lograr la hazaña navegando solo. El capitán Slocum era un navegante y constructor de barcos muy experimentado y para lograr su hazaña reconstruyó una balandra abandonada llamada Spray durante un período de 13 meses. Entre el 24 de...
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Captain Joshua Slocum, an experienced mariner, tells the thrilling tale of the Liberdade and the great journey it made from South America, through the Caribbean, and onto the United States. When this book first appeared in 1890, it received wide praise for authentically capturing the spirit of naval adventure and human resourcefulness. At a time when ordinary sailing boats were fast being obsoleted by faster vessels powered by steam engines, Captain...
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Captain Joshua Slocum's solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe continues to enjoy immense popularity throughout the world.
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Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic...