Discover the formative years and early maritime career of Captain Joshua Slocum. Explore his journey from a Nova Scotia youth to a master shipbuilder. In his first book, The Voyage of the Liberdade (1890), Slocum relates how he was shipwrecked in South America, built a 35-foot junk, and sailed home with his family. His second book, The Voyage of the Destroyer (1893), is his story of delivering a warship to South America. Documentary chronicling the life and career of Joshua Slocum, the sailor who became the first solo circumnavigator of the globe. From his birth in Nova Scoti. Joshua Slocum was 51 when he cast off to sail alone around the world from Boston on 24 April, 1895, with $1.50 in his pocket. His first encounter with the Spray, a 36ft 9in oyster fishing vessel, was as she lay high and dry in a field by New Bedford Harbour. Spray was the sailboat used by 19th-century Canadian-American seaman and author Joshua Slocum during the first solo circumnavigation of the Earth. Captain Joshua Slocum, a native of Novia Scotia, completed the feat on June 27th, 1898. On April 24, 1895, at the age of 51, he departed Boston in his tiny sloop Spray , a 36′ 9″ gaff rigged sloop oyster boat, and sailed around the world single-handed. Joshua Slocum (born Feb. 20, 1844, Wilmot, Nova Scotia, Can.—died 1909/10, at sea) was a Canadian seaman and adventurer who was the first man in recorded history to sail around the world singlehandedly. Josh Slocum is the host of Disaffected, a weekly TV-style show with three audio episodes each week. The show looks at relationships and culture through a psychological lens, with an emphasis on narcissistic and emotionally manipulative behaviors and personalities. Trace Joshua Slocum’s biography, Spray-era voyages, final disappearance, and archival context for readers studying the first solo circumnavigator at sea. Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 [1] – 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.