Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after  14 November, 1909) was a Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, a noted writer, and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his sloop-rigged vessel named Spray.
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