title: Annotated Sailing Alone Around The World
author: Joshua Capt. Slocum
description: <span><span><span>In this annotated account of the world&#39;s first solo circumnavigation, Rod Scher&#39;s material helps us understand the world of 1895 so we can better appreciate author Joshua Slocum&#39;s accomplishment. If I could read only one boating book this year, I&#39;d choose this one.</span></span></span> (<i>The Ensign</i>)<br /><br /><span><span><span>(Slocum) sailed solo around the world in 1895-8 in his 37-foot sloop SPRAY and wrote this classic account of his adventures...After (Slocum&#39;s) historic and successful voyage, his book makes him a national hero. Some years later, he sets off again in SPRAY heading for the Amazon River; sadly he was never heard of again....It was interesting to read...Rod Scher&#39;s annotations as side notes. Rod&#39;s commentary enhances the original script adding greater meaning to each incident.</span></span></span> (<i>Royal Naval Sailing Association</i>)<br /><br /><span><span><span>Captain Joshua Slocum&#39;s </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World</span><span> is annotated by Rod Scher, a teacher/journalist who provides explanations, commentary, and history to make Slocum&#39;s saga more accessible to modern readers. This clarification of Slocum&#39;s voyage in his wooden SPRAY packs in side bars of detail and enhances every page. Nautical libraries need this.</span></span></span> (<i>Bookwatch</i>)
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  SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD By
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Captain Joshua Slocum
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD By Captain Joshua Slocum
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER I
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER II
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER III
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER V
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER X
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XV
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  APPENDIX
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER I
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A blue-nostril ancestry with Yankee proclivities—Youthful fondness for the
  sea—Master of th