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Readers who love sea voyages, gold-rush towns and the look of the world in 1870 will enjoy this. It suits anyone who likes a young diarist's lively eye.
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What would you do if a doctor told you to spend three months at sea for your lungs? In February 1869 a young Englishman climbs aboard the sailing ship Yorkshire at Gravesend, bound for Melbourne, and the cure turns into a trip around the world.
The book is A Boy's Voyage Round the World, credited to Samuel Smiles. It is told from his daily log and written for the family he left behind. You get gales, a burned ship's survivors, a bank clerk's life in a gold town, floods, and the cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Honolulu and Chicago.
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- 1A cold start and a Channel galeFree
- 2Flying south through the tropics
- 3The burned ship and its survivors
- 4Gales, birds and a first landfall
- 5Melbourne, a young English city
- 6A bank clerk in a gold town
- 7Buying gold and neighbours of every kind
- 8Seasons, floods and the bush
- 9Law, fun and civic life up country
- 10Sydney, Auckland and Honolulu
- 11Across America by rail
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A cold start and a Channel gale
The book opens at Gravesend, where the young traveller says his last goodbyes. The deck of the Yorkshire is a muddle of stores and hen coops. Sleet falls, and a milk cow named Molly is hoisted over the side and lowered to her stall.
Below decks his cabin has a swinging lamp and a shelf of favourite books. Off Brighton the sea is calm, but old hands warn him that this peace is only weather-breeding. They are right.
The wind swings round and blows a gale from the southwest. Books fall from his shelf, and the mainsail blows out of its ropes with a bang like a gun. Then the crew sees the Rosa, a barque abandoned and sinking, and sails on.
A voyage begins with discomfort, and the sea gives and takes in the same afternoon.
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- LengthAbout 72,700 words
- Reading timeAbout 5 h 5 min
Questions about Il viaggio di un ragazzo intorno al mondo
What is A Boy's Voyage Round the World about?
It follows a young Englishman who sails to Melbourne for his health in 1869, works in a gold-mining town for eighteen months, then returns home by way of Sydney, Auckland, Honolulu and the American railways.
Is A Boy's Voyage Round the World a true story?
Yes. It is a travel narrative recording the young traveller's experiences from 1869 to 1871, including his sea voyage, Australian stay and journey home. It records real places, ships, towns and events that he saw.
Where does the voyage go?
The route runs from Gravesend and Plymouth to Melbourne, up-country Victoria, Sydney, Auckland, Honolulu and San Francisco. Then it crosses America by train through Omaha, Chicago, Niagara and New York to Liverpool.
What happens to the Blue Jacket in the book?
The Blue Jacket is a ship that burned at sea in March 1869. Her survivors are found by the Pyrmont and met by the Yorkshire, whose passengers share clothing and supplies with them.
Is the book easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it is a diary told in short scenes. Each chapter covers one stage of the trip, with plain language, humour, vivid details and many small stories along the way.
Cite this edition
Smiles, Samuel. A Boy's Voyage Round the World. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-boys-voyage-round-the-world.
Smiles, S. (2026). A boy's voyage round the world. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-boys-voyage-round-the-world (Original work published 1871)
Smiles, Samuel. A Boy's Voyage Round the World. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-boys-voyage-round-the-world.
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