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Joshua Slocum Sailing Alone Around the World

Travel
English
70030 Words
Ages 6 and up
292
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Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers. Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. seaman and adventurer, wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray. There was considerable international interest in Slocum's journey, particularly once he had entered the Pacific; he was awaited at most of his ports of call, and gave lectures and lantern-slide shows to well-filled halls. The trip itinerary went as follows: Fairhaven, Boston, Gloucester, Nova Scotia, Azores, Gibraltar, (Morocco), Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Maldonado, Montevideo, Strait of Magellan, Cockburn Channel, Port Angosto, Juan Fernandez, Marquesas, Samoa, Fiji, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Cooktown, Christmas Island, Keeling Cocos, Rodrigues, Mauritius, Durban, Cape Town, (Transvaal), St Helena, Ascension Island, Devil's Island, Trinidad, Grenada, Newport, Fairhaven. [more]

Keywords: Joshua Slocum, Sailing, Sailing Alone Around the World, Navegation, Voyages, Ship, Strait of Magellan, Samoa, Tasmania, Azores, Around World, Travel, Spray, Illustrated, Thomas Fogarty, George Varian

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Evelyn Kahn The world around me

Poetry
German
1547 Words
No Age Recommendation
305
6

In diesen Gedichten habe ich alle meine Gedanken aufgeschrieben, die ich über unsere Welt und was um mich [more]

Keywords: Gedichte

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Kazeronnie Mak Wander around the world

Short Story
English
415 Words
No Age Recommendation
171
0

The more we want, the more it will become a burden to us at the end of the [more]

Keywords: life, kindness, wander, world, Buddha, monk, postpone, departure, impatient, suppose, perturb, trail, journey, temple, imagine, plan, hesitate, abbot, hardship, food, shoes, climate, mountain, river, umbrella, interrupt, clothes, stun, ocean, boat, teacher, intent, alms, burden, time, heart, pouch, comprehend, eventually, spiritual, motivational, mercy, desire, material [more][Less]

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Andy Madden The World Around Me

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Romance
English
2535 Words
No Age Recommendation
708
12

Jesse is a young boy, just enetering his teenage years, living with an abusive homosexual father, and always being blammed for his problems. But no of this really bothered Jesse, because he knew His best friend Rob alway had his back, but what happens when a mysterious new kid comes to town and takes Rob away from Jesse. With no one too trust, all he has left in his life is himself, until he meets the strange boy named Rich, who looks EXACTLY like him! [more]

Keywords: ANgst, Abuse, Boyxboy, Romance, sadnesss

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Rizwan Majid Sandhu The World Around Me

Philosophy
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
271
2

This is my experiences of life, analysis of my surroundings, my first book, reflections and moments from my [more]

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Anne Tomlinson Love around the World

Romance
German
8253 Words
Ages 12 and up
491
19

[in Arbeit] Kleine One Shot's zu dem Leben auf Tour der Jungs :) Wenn ihr wollt kann ich euch gerne einbauen, sagt mir nur mit welchem der Jungs und fertig :) Ich schreib auch gerne irgendwelche BL für euch (muss halt mit der Tour zu tun haben) :D ____ Das Produkt "One Direction" gehört mir (leider) nicht und ich möchte 1D durch diese Fanfiction nicht schaden. Die Handlung hierdrin ist erfunden und beruht nicht auf der Wirklichkeit. [more]

Keywords: Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, One Direction, tour, take me home, love, ich weiß nichts mehr :D

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