# Sailing Alone Around the World — Character guide

> Key figures in Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum.

- [Spray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/spray.md): Once propped up in a Fairhaven field at the end of her natural life, the Spray is reborn when Slocum adds inches of freeboard and teaches her to hold a course with the helm lashed. Her self-steering is the quiet miracle 
- [Captain Joshua Slocum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/joshua_slocum.md): Slocum arrives at the voyage with barks and ships behind him and no yachting pedigree at all, which makes him both an outsider among polished sailors and oddly free of their assumptions. He is diffident before experts, r
- [Alexander Hare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/alexander_hare.md): A historical figure associated with the Cocos Islands, encountered in narrative.
- [Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mrs_robert_louis_stevenson.md): Wife of the writer, met by the narrator in Samoa.
- [Captain Pedro Samblich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/captain_pedro_samblich.md): A ship captain encountered during the voyage.
- [Captain Howard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/captain_howard.md): A pilot who assists the Spray in port.
- [Captain John Clunis-Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/captain_john_clunis_ross.md): A sea captain met during the voyage.
- [King Malietoa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/king_malietoa.md): A Samoan king, mentioned in the narrative.
- [Governor Roberts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/governor_roberts.md): Governor of Rodriguez Island, who aids the narrator.
- [Antonio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/antonio.md): A resident of the Azores, encountered by the narrator.
- [The Fuegians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/fuegians.md): Indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego encountered during the voyage.
- [Father Neptune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/father_neptune.md): Mythological figure invoked during a ceremony.
- [Captain Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/captain_jones.md): A captain encountered during the voyage.
- [Manuel Carroza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/manuel_carroza.md): A Portuguese trader who nearly swindled the narrator.
- [Columbus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/columbus.md): Historical explorer, referenced in the narrative.
- [Mr. Jardine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mr_jardine.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [Mr. Douglas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mr_douglas.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [Judge Chester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/judge_chester.md): A judge met by the narrator in port.
- [Mr. Krüger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mr_kruger.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [John Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/john_wilson.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [Robinson Crusoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/robinson_crusoe.md): Literary character, referenced in the narrative.
- [Mr. Trood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mr_trood.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [Tom Howard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/tom_howard.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [Mr. Escombe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/mr_escombe.md): A person met by the narrator in port.
- [President Krüger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/characters/president_kruger.md): President of the Transvaal, met by the narrator.

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