Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocumwas the first man 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 boat, the Spray...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth20 February 1844
CountryCanada
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I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.
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If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.
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The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.
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To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.
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It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing.
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Evening after evening during this time I read by the light of a candle on deck. There was no wind at all, and the sea became smooth and monotonous.
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As if to make up for lost time, she seemed to touch only the high places. Under a sudden shock and strain her rigging began to give out.
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My father was the sort of man who, if wrecked on a desolate island, would find his way home, if he had a jack-knife and could find a tree.
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No king, no country, no treasury at all, was taxed for the voyage of the Spray, and she accomplished all that she undertook to do.
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When their ship arrived at Sydney they gave the captain a purse of gold for his skill and seamanship in bringing them safe into port.
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