Captain Joshua Slocum sailed around the world alone in 1895-1898 in the sloop Spray. This was the first solo circumnavigation. Slocum and the Spray disappeared in 1909 on another solo voyage. Captain Adolph Freitsch attempted a solo circumnavigation in a smaller sloop in 1899. Freitsch gave up when he reaches Honolulu.
From the 02-April-1899 San Francisco Call. William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the newspaper. Click on the image for a larger view.
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