Voyage of the Liberdade

, by Slocum, Joshua

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ISBN: 9781589761087 | 1589761081
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/2001

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Slocum's first book about his trip from Brazil to America on the Liberadade, a 35-foot cross between a dory and sampan.

Greeting	p. 1
	p. 2
The ship
The crew
A hurricane
Cape Verde Islands
Frio
A pampeiro
	p. 9
Montevideo
Beggars
Antonina for mate
Antonina to Buenos Aires
The bombelia
	p. 12
Salvage of a cargo of wine
Sailors happy
Cholera in the Argentine
Death in the land
Dutch Harry
Pete the Greek
Noted crimps
Boat lost
Sail for Ilha Grande
Expelled from the port
Serious hardships
	p. 22
Ilha Grande decree
Return to Rosario
Waiting opening of the Brazilian ports
Scarcity of sailors
Buccaneers turned pilots
Sail down the river
Arrive at Ilha Grande the second time
Quarantined and fumigated
Admitted to pratique
Sail for Rio
Again challenged
Rio at last
	p. 30
At Rio
Sail for Antonina with mixed cargo
A pampeiro
Ship on beam-ends
Cargo still more mixed
Topgallant-masts carried away
Arrive safely at Antonina
	p. 33
Mutiny
Attempt at robbery and murder
Four against one
Two go down before a rifle
Order restored
	p. 41
Join the bark at Montevideo
A good crew
Small-pox breaks out
Bear up for Maldonado and Flores
No aid
Death of sailors
To Montevideo in distress
Quarantine
	p. 51
A new crew
Sail for Antonina
Load timber
Native canoes
Loss of the Aquidneck
	p. 57
The Building of the Liberdade
	p. 70
Across the bar
The run to Santos
Tow to Rio by the steamship
At Rio
	p. 77
Sail from Rio
Anchor at Cape Frio
Encounter with a whale
Sunken treasure
The schoolmaster
The merchant
The good people at the village
A pleasant visit
	p. 84
Sail from Frio
Round Cape St. Thome
High seas and swift currents
In the "trades"
Dangerous reefs
Run into harbour unawares, on a dark and stormy night
At Caravellas
Fine weather
A gale
Port St. Paulo
Treacherous natives
Sail for Bahia
	p. 90
At Bahia
Meditations on the discoverers
The Caribbees
	p. 94
Bahia to Pernambuco
The meeting of the Finance at sea
At Pernambuco
Round Cape St. Roque
A gale
Breakers
The stretch to Barbadoes
Flying fish alighting on deck
Dismasted
Arrive at Carlysle Bay
	p. 106
At Barbadoes
Mayaguez
Crossing the Bahama Banks
The Gulf Stream
Arrival on the coast of South Carolina
	p. 119
Ocean currents
Visit to South Santee
At the Typee River
Quarantined
South Port and Wilmington, N.C.
Inland sailing to Beaufort, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.
Voyage ended
Disposal of the Liberdade	p. 131
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Voyage of the Liberdade

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