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Title: Voyage of the Liberdade

Author: Captain Joshua Slocum

Release Date: June 9, 2006 [EBook #18541]

Language: English

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VOYAGE OF THE LIBERDADE

Captain Joshua Slocum

Robinson & Stephenson Boston 1890

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: PAGE 1

The ship--The crew--A hurricane--Cape Verde Islands--Frio--A _pampeiro_.

CHAPTER II: PAGE 8

Montevideo--Beggars--Antonina for mate--Antonina to Buenos Aires--The
_bombelia_.

CHAPTER III: PAGE 11

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.

CHAPTER IV: PAGE 20

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.

CHAPTER V: PAGE 27

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.

CHAPTER VI: PAGE 30

Mutiny--Attempt at robbery and murder--Four against one--Two go down
before a rifle--Order restored.

CHAPTER VII: PAGE 37

Join the bark at Montevideo--A good crew--Small-pox breaks out--Bear up
for Maldonado and Floras--No aid--Death of sailors--To Montevideo in
distress--Quarantine.

CHAPTER VIII: PAGE 46

A new crew--Sail for Antonina--Load timber--Native canoes--Loss of the
_Aquidneck_.

CHAPTER IX: PAGE 51

The building of the _Liberdade_.

CHAPTER X: PAGE 63

Across the bar--The run to Santos--Tow to Rio by the steamship--At Rio.

CHAPTER XI: PAGE 70

Sail from Rio--Anchor at Cape Frio--Encounter with a whale--Sunken
treasure--The schoolmaster--The merchant--Th