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Authors: Joshua Slocum
ISBN-13: 9780486400228, ISBN-10: 0486400220
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: January 1998
Edition: Unabridged

Author Biography: Joshua Slocum

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Great 19th-century mariner's thrilling, firsthand account of the wreck of his ship off South America, the 35-foot boat he built from the wreckage, and its remarkable voyage home.

	Greeting	1
Chapter I2
	The ship
	The crew
	A hurricane
	Cape Verde Islands
	Frio
	A pampeiro
Chapter II9
	Montevideo
	Beggars
	Antonina for mate
	Antonina to Buenos Aires
	The bombelia
Chapter III12
	Salvage of a cargo of wine
	Sailors happy
	Cholera in the Argentine
	Death in the land
	Dutch Harry
	Pete the Greek
	Noted crimps
	Boat lost
	Sail for Ilha Grande
	Expelled from the port
	Serious hardships
Chapter IV22
	Ilha Grande decree
	Return to Rosario
	Waiting opening of the Brazilian ports
	Scarcity of sailors
	Buccaneers turned pilots
	Sail down the river
	Arrive at Ilha Grande the second time
	Quarantined and fumigated
	Admitted to pratique
	Sail for Rio
	Again challenged
	Rio at last
Chapter V30
	At Rio
	Sail for Antonina with mixed cargo
	A pampeiro
	Ship on beam-ends
	Cargo still more mixed
	Topgallant-masts carried away
	Arrive safely at Antonina
Chapter VI33
	Mutiny
	Attempt at robbery and murder
	Four against one
	Two go down before a rifle
	Order restored
Chapter VII41
	Join the bark at Montevideo
	A good crew
	Small-pox breaks out
	Bear up for Maldonado and Flores
	No aid
	Death of sailors
	To Montevideo in distress
	Quarantine
Chapter VIII51
	A new crew
	Sail for Antonina
	Load timber
	Native canoes
	Loss of the Aquidneck
Chapter IX57
	The Building of the Liberdade
Chapter X70
	Across the bar
	The run to Santos
	Tow to Rio by the steamship
	At Rio
Chapter XI77
	Sail from Rio
	Anchor at Cape Frio
	Encounter with a whale
	Sunken treasure
	The schoolmaster
	The merchant
	The good people at the village
	A pleasant visit
Chapter XII84
	Sail from Frio
	Round Cape St. Thome
	High seas and swift currents
	In the "trades"
	Dangerous reefs
	Run into harbour unawares, on a dark and stormy night
	At Caravellas
	Fine weather
	A gale
	Port St. Paulo
	Treacherous natives
	Sail for Bahia
Chapter XIII90
	At Bahia
	Meditations on the discoverers
	The Caribbees
Chapter XIV94
	Bahia to Pernambuco
	The meeting of the Finance at sea
	At Pernambuco
	Round Cape St. Roque
	A gale
	Breakers
	The stretch to Barbadoes
	Flying fish alighting on deck
	Dismasted
	Arrive at Carlysle Bay
Chapter XV106
	At Barbadoes
	Mayaguez
	Crossing the Bahama Banks
	The Gulf Stream
	Arrival on the coast of South Carolina
Chapter XVI119
	Ocean currents
	Visit to South Santee
	At the Typee River
	Quarantined
	South Port and Wilmington, N.C.
	Inland sailing to Beaufort, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.
	Voyage ended
	Disposal of the Liberdade	131

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