Gipsy Moth Circles The World.

CHICHESTER, Francis.

Item Number: 110331

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s account of circumnavigating the globe in his boat Gypsy IV, one of 500 numbered copies. Octavo, original leather, all edges gilt, illustrated with photographs and maps. Boldly signed by Francis Chichester on the limitation page. In near fine condition.

When 65-year-old Francis Chichester set sail on his solitary eastward journey around the world in 1966, many believed he wouldn't return alive. But when the old man returned nine months later, he had made history's fastest circumnavigation. Chosen by National Geographic to their list of 100 Great Adventure books.