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Joshua Slocum

1844–1909 · Canada and United States

A Canadian-American sailor and writer best known for completing the first recorded solo circumnavigation and narrating it with practical wit.

Travel & Nature Biography & Memoir

Life and context

A short timeline

1844
Born in Canada and United States.
1900
Sailing Alone Around the World published.
1909
End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

sailing
self-reliance
navigation
ocean

Plainspoken maritime memoir combining nautical detail, understated humour, close observation and episodic adventure.

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Works by Joshua Slocum

1 work in the Linden collection.

Travel & Nature

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

Travel & Nature · B1–B2 · 6 hr

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