Her model I got from my recollections of Cape Ann dories and from a photo of a very elegant Japanese sampan which I had before me on the spot, so, as it might be expected, when finished she resembled both types of vessel in some degree. Her rig was the Chinese sampan style, which is, I consider, the most convenient boat rig in the whole world.
Captain Joshua Slocum
The Liberdade
After the shipwreck of the Aquidneck, Captain Joshua Slocum found himself alongside with his family in Brazil unable to find a transport to his home in Washington, DC. He sold the wreckage and decided to build a small boat with sole purpose of bringing his family back home.
About the name of the boat:
My builders baulked at nothing, and on the 13th day of May, the day on which the slaves of Brazil were set free, our craft was launched, and was named Liberdade (Liberty).
Captain Joshua Slocum
The crew of the Liberdade: Captain Joshua Slocum, Hettie, Garfield, and Victor
In 1890 he published a book Voyage of the Liberdade
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