Not to be confused with the first circumnavigation of the world completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano as part of Ferdinand Magellan’s crew. * Slocum was the first person to complete the voyage solo. He finally returned home to Fairhaven, Massachusetts on 27 June 1898. His voyage ultimately took him across the Atlantic three times, and he visited various far-off places in South America, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, the Indian Ocean, Africa, and the Caribbean. After purchasing and refitting the derelict sloop, Spray, Joshua Slocum departed Massachusetts on 24 April 1895 on a journey around the world that would take him more than three years to complete. The first person to complete a solo circumnavigation of the world*, Slocum was already an experienced sailor prior to his journey. Note: Joshua Slocum’s circumnavigation aboard the Spray definitely deserves an entire post of its own, so this post will be focused on the memoir itself.įirst published in 1900, and in continuous publication ever since, Joshua Slocum’s memoir of his solo circumnavigation of the world is a classic in nautical literature.
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