{"product_id":"2940012399571","title":"SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities--Youthful fondness for\u003cbr\u003ethe sea--Master of the ship _Northern Light_--Loss of the\u003cbr\u003e_Aquidneck_--Return home from Brazil in the canoe _Liberdade_--The\u003cbr\u003egift of a \"ship\"--The rebuilding of the _Spray_--Conundrums in regard\u003cbr\u003eto finance and calking--The launching of the _Spray_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFailure as a fisherman--A voyage around the world projected--From\u003cbr\u003eBoston to Gloucester--Fitting out for the ocean voyage--Half of a dory\u003cbr\u003efor a ship's boat--The run from Gloucester to Nova Scotia--A shaking\u003cbr\u003eup in home waters--Among old friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGood-by to the American coast--Off Sable Island in a fog--In the open\u003cbr\u003esea--The man in the moon takes an interest in the voyage--The first\u003cbr\u003efit of loneliness--The _Spray_ encounters _La Vaguisa_--A bottle of\u003cbr\u003ewine from the Spaniard--A bout of words with the captain of the\u003cbr\u003e_Java_--The steamship _Olympia_ spoken--Arrival at the Azores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSqually weather in the Azores--High living--Delirious from cheese and\u003cbr\u003eplums--The pilot of the _Pinta_--At Gibraltar--Compliments exchanged\u003cbr\u003ewith the British navy--A picnic on the Morocco shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSailing from Gibraltar with the assistance of her Majesty's tug--The\u003cbr\u003e_Spray's_ course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn--Chased by a\u003cbr\u003eMoorish pirate--A comparison with Columbus--The Canary Islands--The\u003cbr\u003eCape Verde Islands--Sea life--Arrival at Pernambuco--A bill against\u003cbr\u003ethe Brazilian government--Preparing for the stormy weather of the cape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeparture from Rio de Janeiro--The _Spray_ ashore on the sands of\u003cbr\u003eUruguay--A narrow escape from shipwreck--The boy who found a\u003cbr\u003esloop--The _Spray_ floated but somewhat damaged--Courtesies from the\u003cbr\u003eBritish consul at Maldonado--A warm greeting at Montevideo--An\u003cbr\u003eexcursion to Buenos Aires--Shortening the mast and bowsprit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeighing anchor at Buenos Aires--An outburst of emotion at the mouth\u003cbr\u003eof the Plate--Submerged by a great wave--A stormy entrance to the\u003cbr\u003estrait--Captain Samblich's happy gift of a bag of carpet-tacks--Off\u003cbr\u003eCape Froward--Chased by Indians from Fortescue Bay--A miss-shot for\u003cbr\u003e\"Black Pedro\"--Taking in supplies of wood and water at Three Island\u003cbr\u003eCove--Animal life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Cape Pillar into the Pacific--Driven by a tempest toward Cape\u003cbr\u003eHorn--Captain Slocum's greatest sea adventure--Reaching the strait\u003cbr\u003eagain by way of Cockburn Channel--Some savages find the\u003cbr\u003ecarpet-tacks--Danger from firebrands--A series of fierce\u003cbr\u003ewilliwaws--Again sailing westward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepairing the _Spray's_ sails--Savages and an obstreperous anchor--A\u003cbr\u003espider-fight--An encounter with Black Pedro--A visit to the steamship\u003cbr\u003e_Colombia_--On the defensive against a fleet of canoes--A record of\u003cbr\u003evoyages through the strait--A chance cargo of tallow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning to Port Angosto in a snow-storm--A defective sheet-rope places\u003cbr\u003ethe _Spray_ in peril--The _Spray_ as a target for a Fuegian arrow--The\u003cbr\u003eisland of Alan Erric--Again in the open Pacific--The run to the island\u003cbr\u003eof Juan Fernandez--An absentee king--At Robinson Crusoe's anchorage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe islanders of Juan Fernandez entertained with Yankee doughnuts--The\u003cbr\u003ebeauties of Robinson Crusoe's realm--The mountain monument to\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Selkirk--Robinson Crusoe's cave--A stroll with the children\u003cbr\u003eof the island--Westward ho! with a friendly gale--A month's free\u003cbr\u003esailing with the Southern Cross and the sun for guides--Sighting the\u003cbr\u003eMarquesas--Experience in reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-two days without a port--Whales and birds--A peep into the\u003cbr\u003e_Spray's_ galley--Flying-fish for breakfast--A welcome at Apia--A\u003cbr\u003evisit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson--At Vailima--Samoan\u003cbr\u003ehospitality--Arrested for fast riding--An amusing\u003cbr\u003emerry-go-round--Teachers and pupils of Papauta College--At the mercy\u003cbr\u003eof sea-nymphs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamoan royalty--King Malietoa--Good-by to friends at Vailima--Leaving\u003cbr\u003eFiji to the south--Arrival at Newcastle, Australia--The yachts of\u003cbr\u003eSydney--A ducking on the _Spray_--Commodore Foy presents the sloop\u003cbr\u003ewith a new suit of sails--On to Melbourne--A shark that proved to be\u003cbr\u003evaluable--A change of course-The \"Rain of Blood\"--In Tasmania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA testimonial from a lady--Cruising round Tasmania--The skipper\u003cbr\u003edelivers his first lecture on the voyage--Abundant provisions--An\u003cbr\u003einspection of the _Spray_ for safety at Devonport--Again at\u003cbr\u003eSydney--Northward bound for Torres Strait--An amateur\u003cbr\u003eshipwreck--Friends on the Australian coast--Perils of a coral sea.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078831358192,"sku":"2940012399571","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012399571_p0.jpg?v=1763568273","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012399571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}