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  4. American Sailing Hero: Joshua Slocum

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  5. The Voyage of Joshua Slocum and Spray.kmz

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  1. The Voyage of Joshua Slocum

    Open full screen to view more. This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. The voyage path shows only the approximate route of Capt. Joshua Slocum's historic voyage around the world.

  2. Joshua Slocum Journey Around the World in 1895

    The major stops on the solo sailing trip around the world by Joshua Slocum from 1895 to 1897. Open full screen to view more. This map was created by a user.

  3. The Voyage of Joshua Slocum and Spray.kmz

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  4. Joshua Slocum

    Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 - on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller.He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his ...

  5. The Voyage of Joshua Slocum in Google Earth

    This is a brief introduction to a Google Earth application I created that provides a detailed account of the historic voyage of Capt. Joshua Slocum. NOTE: Pr...

  6. Sailing Alone Around the World

    Text. Sailing Alone Around the World at Wikisource. 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.

  7. The Route to Success

    Destination: World. Joshua and Spray set off for the world on April 24, 1895 from Boston Harbor. His route is displayed in the image below. Almost one hundred years ago, Captain Joshua Slocum, in his beloved little ship Spray, sailed through the West Indies at the end of an epic voyage of 46,000 miles. He was the first sailor to circumnavigate ...

  8. "The Spray will Come Back": Solo Circumnavigator Joshua Slocum

    At noon on April 24, 1895, a former sailing ship captain named Joshua Slocum cast off his dock lines in East Boston and set out to sail alone around the world in the 37' sloop Spray. At the time, most people, whether seamen or landlubbers, viewed Slocum's plan as either foolish or dangerous or both. Ocean cruising in yachts of modest size ...

  9. Around the World with Joshua Slocum

    Nova Scotian Joshua Slocum, master mariner, set sail from Boston on April 24, 1895. He arrived home on June 27, 1898, the first person to sail alone around the world. Along the way he had a great many adventures. Slocum was proud to be a Nova Scotian, people he described as "hardy, robust, and strong."

  10. 1898: Joshua Slocum Completes a Record-Setting Voyage Across the Globe

    June 27, 1898. Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the world at 1:00 a.m. when he sailed into the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, on board his oyster sloop (a type of one-masted sailboat) named the Spray. The Canadian-born Slocum had first set sail in that vessel from Boston on April 25, 1895, for his trip across the globe.

  11. June 27, 1898: Down to the Sea in Ships, and Then Some

    1898: Joshua Slocum completes a solo voyage lasting nearly three years, becoming the first sailor to circumnavigate alone. Slocum, born within sight of Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy in 1844, ran ...

  12. Slocum, Joshua

    Joshua SlocumIn 1898, Canadian-American mariner Joshua Slocum (1844-1909) completed a three-year, 46,000-mile journey around the globe during which time he endured storms, pirates and clashes with some of the native islanders he encountered along the way. It was the first recorded, solo circumnavigation of the earth—an amazing feat at the time, considering Slocum sailed on a crude, self ...

  13. Sailing Alone around the World

    The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas - the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable - and entertaining - travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on ...

  14. Joshua Slocum, the first solo round the world trip!

    Joshua Slocum was born on February 20, 1844 in Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia, Canada. At 51 years of age, he left Boston on April 24, 1895, to return 3 years later on June 27, 1898 after completing, on board the cutter Spray, the first solo round-the-world voyage under sail. ... The great journey of the spray . After a long period of reconstruction ...

  15. Sailing Alone Around The World: Joshua Slocum

    Joshua Slocum became the first sailor to cruise around the world, alone, onboard his sailboat Spray at the end of the 19th century.

  16. Joshua Slocum and his first Single-handed Sail around the World

    June 2021 1 Tabea Tietz. Joshua Slocum (1844-1909) On June 27, 1898, the first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Brier Island, Nova Scotia. After more than three years, Slocum returned in his gaff rigged sloop oyster boat named Spray having circumnavigated the world, a distance of more than 74,000 km.

  17. Joshua Slocum: The Lone Mariner's Odyssey

    Joshua Slocum was a seasoned sailor with a deep love for the sea. The idea of a solo circumnavigation was a personal challenge and an adventure that combined his skills, courage, and passion for sailing. His journey was also inspired by a desire to prove the seaworthiness of his rebuilt sloop, the Spray. Share with friends.

  18. World Map of Joshua Slocum's Travels

    A map of Joshua Slocum's one man sea journey around the world. Based on his book. Sea shantys not included. Size: 8x10 11x14 Original . Style: black and white blue. Quantity: Add To Cart. Powered by ...

  19. Joshua Slocum's route on Google Earth: life_examined

    Joshua Slocum's memoir of his, the first, solo circumnavigation of the world completed in 1898 is one of the stories I am currently thoroughly enjoying. I was lucky enough to find this route marking of his journey viewable in Google Earth:…

  20. History: June 27, 1898

    Captain Joshua Slocum, a native of Novia Scotia, completed the feat on June 27th, 1898. On April 24, 1895, at the age of 51, he departed Boston in his tiny sloop Spray , a 36′ 9″ gaff rigged sloop oyster boat, and sailed around the world single-handed.. In his famous book, Sailing Alone Around the World, now considered a classic of travel literature, he described his departure in the ...

  21. Medvedkovo Map

    Map: Directions: Satellite: Photo Map: Tap on the map to travel: Medvedkovo. Wikipedia. Photo: Antares 610, CC BY 3.0. Notable Places in the Area. Babushkinskaya. Metro station Photo: Aborisov, Public domain. Babushkinskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Babushkinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.

  22. Gorodskoy Okrug Elektrostal' Map

    Gorodskoy Okrug Elektrostal' is in Moscow Oblast. Gorodskoy Okrug Elektrostal' is situated nearby to Shibanovo and Vysokovo. Mapcarta, the open map.

  23. Elektrostal Map

    Elektrostal is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 58 kilometers east of Moscow. Elektrostal has about 158,000 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.

  24. Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and Museum

    Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar ...