Voyage of the Liberdade - A journey from Brazil to America in a hand-build boat

Joshua Slocum

The Narrative Press

2012

98 páginas

3h 16m

ISBN-10: B00848YUJM

After being stranded in Brazil with his wife and sons Garfield and Victor, he started building a boat that could sail them home. He used local materials, salvaged materials from the Aquidneck and worked with local workers. The boat was launched on May 13, 1888, the very day slavery was abolished in Brazil, and therefore the ship was given the Portuguese name Liberdade.