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Joshua Slocum

1844 - 1909

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Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – 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. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joshua Slocum has received more than 589,849 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joshua Slocum is the 223rd most popular explorer (down from 178th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Canada (down from 114th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Explorer.

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  • 54.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Joshua Slocum ranks 223 out of 498. Before him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Masabumi Hosono, Daniel Boone, Jedediah Smith, Ma Huan, and Nuno Tristão. After him are Dinis Dias, Pedro Arias Dávila, Julius Popper, Francisco de Montejo, Rodrigo de Bastidas, and Diego de Almagro II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Joshua Slocum ranks 52. Before him are Eduard Strasburger, Édouard Drumont, Louis Riel, Lujo Brentano, George W. De Long, and Jenny Longuet. After him are Garret Hobart, Wilhelm Leibl, Numa Droz, Béhanzin, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Tivadar Puskás. Among people deceased in 1909, Joshua Slocum ranks 39. Before him are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Afonso Pena, George Meredith, Renée Vivien, and George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon. After him are Catulle Mendès, John Millington Synge, Zhang Zhidong, Friedrich Martens, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Robert Hausmann.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joshua Slocum ranks 149 out of 1,622. Before him are Jordan Peterson (1962), David Foster (1949), William B. Davis (1938), Paul Watson (1950), Shania Twain (1965), and Gerald Bull (1928). After him are Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Sid Meier (1954), Donald Arnold (1935), James Gosling (1955), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Brian Kernighan (1942).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Joshua Slocum ranks 1. After him are Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Edward Belcher (1799), and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680).

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