By Joshua Slocum Arrival at Port Denison, Queensland — A lecture — Reminiscences of Captain Cook — Lecturing for charity at Cooktown — A happy escape from a coral reef — Home Island, Sunday Island, Bird Island — An American pearl-fisherman — … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 14
By Joshua Slocum A testimonial from a lady — Cruising round Tasmania — The skipper delivers his first lecture on the voyage — Abundant provisions-An inspection of the Spray for safety at Devonport — Again at Sydney — Northward bound for … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 13
By Joshua Slocum Samoan royalty — King Malietoa — Good-by to friends at Vailima — Leaving Fiji to the south — Arrival at Newcastle, Australia — The yachts of Sydney — A ducking on the Spray — Commodore Foy presents the sloop with a new suit of … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 12
By Joshua Slocum Seventy-two days without a port — Whales and birds — A peep into the Spray's galley — Flying-fish for breakfast — A welcome at Apia — A visit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson — At Vailima — Samoan hospitality — Arrested for … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 11
By Joshua Slocum The islanders at Juan Fernandez entertained with Yankee doughnuts — The beauties of Robinson Crusoe's realm — The mountain monument to Alexander Selkirk — Robinson Crusoe's cave — A stroll with the children of the island — … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 10
By Joshua Slocum Running to Port Angosto in a snow-storm — A defective sheetrope places the Spray in peril — The Spray as a target for a Fuegian arrow — The island of Alan Erric — Again in the open Pacific — The run to the island of Juan … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 9
By Joshua Slocum Repairing the Spray's sails — Savages and an obstreperous anchor-A spider-fight — An encounter with Black Pedro — A visit to the steamship Colombia, — On the defensive against a fleet of canoes — A record of voyages through the … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 8
By Joshua Slocum From Cape Pillar into the Pacific — Driven by a tempest toward Cape Horn — Captain Slocum's greatest sea adventure — Beaching the strait again by way of Cockburn Channel — Some savages find the carpet-tacks — Danger from … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 7
By Joshua Slocum Weighing anchor at Buenos Aires — An outburst of emotion at the mouth of the Plate — Submerged by a great wave — A stormy entrance to the strait — Captain Samblich's happy gift of a bag of carpet-tacks — Off Cape Froward — … [Read more...]
Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 6
By Joshua Slocum Departure from Rio de Janeiro — The Spray ashore on the sands of Uruguay — A narrow escape from shipwreck — The boy who found a sloop — The Spray floated but somewhat damaged — Courtesies from the British consul at Maldonado — … [Read more...]
