Arrived 1898.
He was a Canadian-born 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 set sail in 1895, and returned more than 3 years later in 1898.
In 1909, Joshua Slocum left Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) in "Spray" to sail to Venzuela. Neither he nor "Spray" was ever seen again. This was reported in several places at the time, and is currently recorded in the Wikipedia article titled "Spray".
The first person to sail around the world alone was Joshua Slocum.He set sail aboard his home-built craft,the Spray,in 1898 and completed the 73,600 kilometres in 1,158 days-stopping several times on the way.In 1969,Robin Knox Johnston became the first person to sail around the world alone non-stop.He took 312 days and 1 hour to travel 48,167 kilometres in his yacht Suhaili.By:Ezra L. Agaldang
The first asian woman to sail around the world was Ferdinand Magellan.
Joshua Slocum
1895
Joshua Slocum
he liked sailin so he went of in around 1895
The first person to sail around the world alone was Captain Joshua Slocum in his 37ft sloop the "Spray". He was 51 years old and the voyage took him three years to complete.
He was a Canadian-born 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 set sail in 1895, and returned more than 3 years later in 1898.
Ferdinand Magellan got the credit for that. But the first man to do it SOLO was Joshua Slocum, back at the turn of the 20th century, in the "Spray."
Joshua Slocum was famous for the navigator commanded the sloop known as the investigator. He was the first man to sail by his self around the world and in 1900 he wrote a book about his journey around the world naming the book ñSailing Alone around the Worldî.
Many people have sailed in a yacht around the world. The youngest was Robin Lee Graham, who sailed around the world in a sailboat at the age of 16. He took 5 years sailing around the world and even found and married his wife while on the trip. I believe he started his trip in 1968 and ended in 1973. If you are looking for non-stop sailing, there are races for solo non-stop circumnavigation. Circumnavigation is the sailor's term for "around the world". The first man to complete a solo circumnavigation was Joshua Slocum in 1898. There's even a Joshua Slocum Society for sailors who sail around the world.
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Joshua Slocum was the first to sail around the world single-handedly. The first group of people to complete a circumnavigation of the world were under the command of Juan Sebastian De Elcano and 18 crewmen of the 'Victoria' who completed in 1522 the expedition started by Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan was killed in the Philippines so never finished the trip.