Vito Dumas

Vito Dumas was born in Argentina in 1900. His several ocean voyages began in 1931 with a 74-day solo trip from France to Argentina. Subsequent to his around-the-world voyage, he circumnavigated the Atlantic in 1945 - 46 and sailed from Buenos Aires to New York in 1955 in a tiny, 2 1/2-ton boat. He was awarded the Slocum Prize, the most coveted award for ocean voyagers, in 1957. Jonathan Raban is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the editor of "The Oxford Book of the Sea" and author

Vito Dumas was born in Argentina in 1900. His several ocean voyages began in 1931 with a 74-day solo trip from France to Argentina. Subsequent to his around-the-world voyage, he circumnavigated the Atlantic in 1945 - 46 and sailed from Buenos Aires to New York in 1955 in a tiny, 2 1/2-ton boat. He was awarded the Slocum Prize, the most coveted award for ocean voyagers, in 1957. Jonathan Raban is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the editor of "The Oxford Book of the Sea" and author See less