Captain joshua slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone. he went visit friend an boston in 1892. one day joshua found a boat called the spray and decided to sail it round the world. he has been rebuilding the boat for three years and went fishing to test it at sea. by 1895, joshua was ready and started his journey from boston on 26 april, the first weeks crossing the atlantic went by peacefully. on 4 august the spray reached the coast of spain in order to avoid pirates in the suez canal and the red sea slocum changed bis route and went south tound cape hom at the tip of south america. but once he was followed by pirates. they sailed their boat up next to the spray and one of the men climbed up. it was black pedro, a criminal who was wanted by the police. but the pirates couldn't attack the ship and sailed away. joshua was happy. on 5 october the traveller reached brazil, on 26 january, 1896, he was in uruguay. for three days and nights the boat was pushed by a huge storm near cape horn. after that slocum visited the kingdom of samoa. australia, the pacific and indian oceans. and at last the end of the journey came on 27 uune 1898 in new port rhode island, the united states, it was a cruise of more than 46,000 miles around the world, which took him three years, two months and two days 1. did captain slocum travel with his friends or alone? 2. why did he go fishing at sea 3. when and where did joshua start his journey? 4. did he change his route to avoid pirates 5. what was black pedro? 6. did the pirates attack the boat?

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Сmetana34 Сmetana34  06.10.2020 15:05
1Captain Slocum travelled alone.
2He went fishing to test his boat at sea.
3Joshua started his journey from Boston on the twenty-sixth of April, 1895.
4Yes, he did, He changed his route to avoid pirates.
5Black Pedro was a  criminal and a pirate.
6Yes, they did. They attacked the boat,but they couldn't do it.
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