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Joshua Slocum

1844 - 1909

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Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joshua Slocum is the 222nd most popular explorer (up from 223rd in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Joshua Slocum ranks 222 out of 498. Before him are Bartolomeu Perestrello, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Pedro Cieza de León, Alejandro Malaspina, Jacob van Heemskerck, and Hendrik Brouwer. After him are Pero Escobar, Mark Sykes, Juan de Garay, Francisco de Bobadilla, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Joshua Slocum ranks 48. Before him are Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Vasily Polenov, Garret Hobart, Eduard Strasburger, Anna Lea Merritt, and Jenny Longuet. After him are Lujo Brentano, Wilhelm Leibl, Édouard Branly, Gyula Benczúr, Princess Françoise of Orléans, and Carl Hagenbeck. Among people deceased in 1909, Joshua Slocum ranks 41. Before him are Caran d'Ache, Harry Seeley, Abdul Karim, Friedrich Martens, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, and Walther Ritz. After him are Margarete Steiff, Karl Krumbacher, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Zhang Zhidong, John Millington Synge, and Mieczysław Karłowicz.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joshua Slocum ranks 163 out of 1,622. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Shania Twain (1965), Michael Ontkean (1946), Gil Evans (1912), and Loreena McKennitt (1957). After him are Brian Mulroney (1939), Fay Wray (1907), Jacques Villeneuve (1953), André Bessette (1845), Reginald Fessenden (1866), and Jane Bell (1910).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Joshua Slocum ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Edward Belcher (1799).

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