# Manuel Carroza — Sailing Alone Around the World character guide

> Manuel Carroza in Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Manuel

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A Portuguese trader who nearly swindled the narrator.

## In the story

### [Chapter XI: The Voyage Through the Trade-Winds and the Marquesas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as a resident of Juan Fernandez who buried his child on the island.

### [Seventy-two Days Without a Port](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xii)

A Yankee Portuguese trader at Juan Fernandez who tricked Captain Slocum into trading his good potatoes for ones that turned out to be rotten and full of moths.

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