ISBN: 2940012399571

CHAPTER IA blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities--Youthful fondness forthe sea--Master of the ship _Northern Light_--Loss of the_Aquidneck_--Return home from Brazil in the canoe _Li… Mehr…

CHAPTER IA blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities--Youthful fondness forthe sea--Master of the ship _Northern Light_--Loss of the_Aquidneck_--Return home from Brazil in the canoe _Liberdade_--Thegift of a ship--The rebuilding of the _Spray_--Conundrums in regardto finance and calking--The launching of the _Spray_.CHAPTER IIFailure as a fisherman--A voyage around the world projected--FromBoston to Gloucester--Fitting out for the ocean voyage--Half of a doryfor a ship's boat--The run from Gloucester to Nova Scotia--A shakingup in home waters--Among old friends.CHAPTER IIIGood-by to the American coast--Off Sable Island in a fog--In the opensea--The man in the moon takes an interest in the voyage--The firstfit of loneliness--The _Spray_ encounters _La Vaguisa_--A bottle ofwine from the Spaniard--A bout of words with the captain of the_Java_--The steamship _Olympia_ spoken--Arrival at the Azores.CHAPTER IVSqually weather in the Azores--High living--Delirious from cheese andplums--The pilot of the _Pinta_--At Gibraltar--Compliments exchangedwith the British navy--A picnic on the Morocco shore.CHAPTER VSailing from Gibraltar with the assistance of her Majesty's tug--The_Spray's_ course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn--Chased by aMoorish pirate--A comparison with Columbus--The Canary Islands--TheCape Verde Islands--Sea life--Arrival at Pernambuco--A bill againstthe Brazilian government--Preparing for the stormy weather of the cape.CHAPTER VIDeparture from Rio de Janeiro--The _Spray_ ashore on the sands ofUruguay--A narrow escape from shipwreck--The boy who found asloop--The _Spray_ floated but somewhat damaged--Courtesies from theBritish consul at Maldonado--A warm greeting at Montevideo--Anexcursion to Buenos Aires--Shortening the mast and bowsprit.CHAPTER VIIWeighing anchor at Buenos Aires--An outburst of emotion at the mouthof the Plate--Submerged by a great wave--A stormy entrance to thestrait--Captain Samblich's happy gift of a bag of carpet-tacks--OffCape Froward--Chased by Indians from Fortescue Bay--A miss-shot forBlack Pedro--Taking in supplies of wood and water at Three IslandCove--Animal life.CHAPTER VIIIFrom Cape Pillar into the Pacific--Driven by a tempest toward CapeHorn--Captain Slocum's greatest sea adventure--Reaching the straitagain by way of Cockburn Channel--Some savages find thecarpet-tacks--Danger from firebrands--A series of fiercewilliwaws--Again sailing westward.CHAPTER IXRepairing the _Spray's_ sails--Savages and an obstreperous anchor--Aspider-fight--An encounter with Black Pedro--A visit to the steamship_Colombia_--On the defensive against a fleet of canoes--A record ofvoyages through the strait--A chance cargo of tallow.CHAPTER XRunning to Port Angosto in a snow-storm--A defective sheet-rope placesthe _Spray_ in peril--The _Spray_ as a target for a Fuegian arrow--Theisland of Alan Erric--Again in the open Pacific--The run to the islandof Juan Fernandez--An absentee king--At Robinson Crusoe's anchorage.CHAPTER XIThe islanders of Juan Fernandez entertained with Yankee doughnuts--Thebeauties of Robinson Crusoe's realm--The mountain monument toAlexander Selkirk--Robinson Crusoe's cave--A stroll with the childrenof the island--Westward ho! with a friendly gale--A month's freesailing with the Southern Cross and the sun for guides--Sighting theMarquesas--Experience in reckoning.CHAPTER XIISeventy-two days without a port--Whales and birds--A peep into the_Spray's_ galley--Flying-fish for breakfast--A welcome at Apia--Avisit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson--At Vailima--Samoanhospitality--Arrested for fast riding--An amusingmerry-go-round--Teachers and pupils of Papauta College--At the mercyof sea-nymphs.CHAPTER XIIISamoan royalty--King Malietoa--Good-by to friends at Vailima--LeavingFiji to the south--Arrival at Newcastle, Australia--The yachts ofSydney--A ducking on the _Spray_--Commodore Foy presents the sloopwith a new suit of sails--On to Melbourne--A shark that proved to bevaluable--A change of course-The Rain of Blood--In Tasmania.CHAPTER XIVA testimonial from a lady--Cruising round Tasmania--The skipperdelivers his first lecture on the voyage--Abundant provisions--Aninspection of the _Spray_ for safety at Devonport--Again atSydney--Northward bound for Torres Strait--An amateurshipwreck--Friends on the Australian coast--Perils of a coral sea. Digital Content>E-books>World History>World Hist>World History, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940012399571

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ISBN: 2940012399571

SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD Sailing-Alone-Around-the-World~~Joshua-Slocum History>World Hist>World History NOOK Book (eBook), SAP