Voyage of the Liberdade

Captain Joshua Slocum, an experienced mariner, tells the thrilling tale of the Liberdade and the great journey it made from South America, through the Caribbean, and onto the United States.

When this book first appeared in 1890, it received wide praise for authentically capturing the spirit of naval adventure and human resourcefulness. At a time when ordinary sailing boats were fast being obsoleted by faster vessels powered by steam engines, Captain Slocum's recollections are testament that sea voyages were as exciting as they ever were.

The Liberdade was constructed from materials salvaged from the locality of Brazil, where Slocum was stranded at the time. The ship received its name as one day after its launch, on May 14th 1888, slavery was abolished by the Brazilian government. The fifty-five day voyage of Joshua Slocum and his family back to the United States is chronicled in this book, with the high and low points of their epic adventure mentioned.

Following the publication and success of his book, Captain Slocum's maritime ambitions grew still further. In 1895, he became the first man to sail around the entire world single-handedly in a ship named The Spray. His account of the circumnavigation, which took over three years, was published in 1900. Captain Slocum would eventually be lost at sea during a 1909 voyage back to South America.

This edition of Voyage of the Liberdade is complete with the original illustrations of the ship, and a map of the epic voyage.