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Sto caricando le informazioni... Sailing alone around the world (originale 1900; edizione 1999)di Joshua Slocum, Thomas Fogarty, George Varian, Thomas Philbrick
Informazioni sull'operaSolo, intorno al mondo di Joshua Slocum (1900)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. These memoirs of the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo are quite entertaining and do not include too much technical detail. Previous to making this trip, he apparently had saved his wife and children by taking them 500 miles in a canoe - I look forward to reading that story soon! ( ) Readable and light-hearted account of his round the world sailing trip. He was the first to do it alone in the late 1890s, starting from New England and on to Europe, etc. He spent a lot of time on land at various places so it took him over three years. Endnotes and glossary at the end help you keep up with his references, slang, and sailing terms. Worthwhile. Born in Nova Scotia, Slocum was a naturalized American. He set off alone in 1895 and spent three years circumnavigaing the world in The Spray, a 37 foot sloop he mostly built himself. This is his personal account published in 1900. It was fun to read this with a map nearby to follow his route and the remote islands he visited. He didn't inflate his terrific achievement or what he endured apart from saying a couple of times that he felt a bit lonely. Curiously, the account had little about the actual sailing, but concentrated on places and people he met. The journey was not without events: he celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee while in Queensland, Australia and in Samoa met with Fanny, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson. Off the coast of Australia he encountered a whaling ship, a trade new to the seas at the time. The captain assured the crew that to kill a whale was "no different than killing a rabbit". It's only to be expected that the writing is dated and definitely not PC, but it's still an interesting memoir and it set the bar high for the explorers that followed. This is one of several books my son's friend John mailed to me as lockdown entertainment. Memoir of a man's circumnavigation of the world all alone, in a sloop (sail boat) built almost by himself, in the 1890s, what is not to like about this book? The idea itself is so fantastic that reading the account written by the man himself feels surreal. Except for the profusion of sailing jargon, the book is very well written, holding the reader's interest. This book is one of the greatest adventures I have read, more so because it is all true!
Forfatter: Joshua Slocum Da han i 1895 hev opp ankeret og forlot Boston, hadde han brukt et drøyt år på å restaurere et nedslitt skrog. Ut fra beskrivelsen må han ha nærmest ha bygget en ny båt, men navnet - Spray - beholdt han. Slocum seilte avgårde med lite penger og lite utstyr. Han hadde ikke råd til å sette i stand kronometeret sitt (en klokke som går helt helt nøyaktig og derfor avgjørende for riktig navigasjon) og kjøper en blikk-klokke med knust glass. Han navigerer seg allikevel dit han vil - hele tiden. På sin ferd møter Slocum ville Ildlandindianere som vil røve hans skip og hans last, han treffer oppdagelsesreisende Stanley i Afrika og blir kjent med enken etter forfatteren Robert Louis Stevensen på Samoa. Slocum skriver med humor og begeistring og har mange filsofiske betraktninger. Og tenk; vi er ikke bare i forrige århundre, vi er i det før der igjen. Selv om boken er godt over hundre år er den skrevet i et språk som vil glede lesere like mye i dag. Odd Børretzen har skrevet forord til denne utgaven. Forfatter: Joshua Slocum Da han i 1895 hev opp ankeret og forlot Boston, hadde han brukt et drøyt år på å restaurere et nedslitt skrog. Ut fra beskrivelsen må han ha nærmest ha bygget en ny båt, men navnet - Spray - beholdt han. Slocum seilte avgårde med lite penger og lite utstyr. Han hadde ikke råd til å sette i stand kronometeret sitt (en klokke som går helt helt nøyaktig og derfor avgjørende for riktig navigasjon) og kjøper en blikk-klokke med knust glass. Han navigerer seg allikevel dit han vil - hele tiden. På sin ferd møter Slocum ville Ildlandindianere som vil røve hans skip og hans last, han treffer oppdagelsesreisende Stanley i Afrika og blir kjent med enken etter forfatteren Robert Louis Stevensen på Samoa. Slocum skriver med humor og begeistring og har mange filsofiske betraktninger. Og tenk; vi er ikke bare i forrige århundre, vi er i det før der igjen. Selv om boken er godt over hundre år er den skrevet i et språk som vil glede lesere like mye i dag. Odd Børretzen har skrevet forord til denne utgaven. Appartiene alle Collane Editoriali — 12 altro È contenuto inÈ riassunto in
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Joshua Slocum is believed to be the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. After a distinguished nautical career, during which he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdade, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success. This spurred him to attempt his perilous voyage. Having lost his fortune in the shipwreck, Slocum began his voyage on a shoestring. He was given the Spray, a century-old oysterboat in need of repairs. Two years and $500 later, he had rebuilt the wreck into an oceangoing wonder. On his 40,000-mile, three-year voyage, Slocum visited six of the seven continents, where he met cannibals, presidents, outlaws, and ambassadors. Amazingly, throughout his travels he lived off the land, fishing, trading, and giving lectures to keep his pantry full. He also met some remarkable people, including Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Kruger, who, believing the world was flat, warned Slocum not to fall off! This adventure will captivate sailors and landlubbers alike. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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