June 27, 1898: Down to the Sea in Ships, and Then Some

1898: Joshua Slocum completes a solo voyage lasting nearly three years, becoming the first sailor to circumnavigate alone. Slocum, born within sight of Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy in 1844, ran away from home at 14 and signed on a fishing schooner as cabin boy to begin a lifetime at sea. He later crossed the [...]