[Next Project] Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

[Chris Spurgeon]

Hello!

Having just survived my first production, I'm anxious to do another! I'd love to take on "Sailing Alone Around the World" by Joshua Slocum, which is certainly high on anyone's list of all-time great adventure/travel books.

The text itself looks straight-forward. The more involved aspect will be the illustrations -- about 65 of them, all engraving style.

I'm ok with Photoshop, and have a Gigapixel license, so I thinkI have the tools and chops to turn the images into decent resolution black and white images. (I'll no doubt have a couple of specific questions about size and format once I dive in).

The text and scanned images are available on PG at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317 , and the internet archive has a good scan at https://archive.org/details/bwb_T5-CWQ-188/page/n319/mode/2up .

Shall I proceed?

Chris

[Alex Cabal]

Sure. This one has already been attempted before, see
https://groups.google.com/g/standardebooks/c/_Dsf5MHNcag/m/mkKNQsxJBwAJ

Note my intro email - we would cut most of the decorative illustrations
but keep the ones that you judge not to be decorative.

Please send a link to your repo once you start.

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[Chris Spurgeon (gmail)]

Here’s the link to the repo…

https://github.com/chrisspurgeon/joshua-slocum_sailing-alone-around-the-world

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[Alex Cabal]

OK, David will manage with Robin reviewing.

On 4/18/26 12:38 AM, Chris Spurgeon (gmail) wrote:
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>
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[Chris Spurgeon]

Hi David and Robin...

I'm plugging along on the text, and have a question for the two of you.

There are numerous dates in the book. Many are full dates (month, date, and year) like this...

          On the morning of May 5, 1896, I sailed from Juan Fernandez...

...where it's straight-forward to add a <time> tag, like this...

          On the morning of <time datetime="1896-05-05">May 5, 1896</time>, I sailed from Juan Fernandez

...but in many other instances just a date is given, like this...

          I sailed again, May 9, before a strong southwest wind,...

Since the book's narrative is in chronological order, I have no trouble inferring the year of these dates (in this case 1897). Since I'm certain of the full date, should I just go ahead and give these types of dates a <time> element too, like this...

          I sailed again, <time datetime="1897-0509">May 9</time>, before a strong southwest wind,...

?

Thanks!

Chris

[Chris Spurgeon]

Whoops, typo there! I meant this of course...

          I sailed again, <time datetime="1897-05-09">May 9</time>, before a strong southwest wind,...

[Robin Whittleton]

Yes.

-Robin

On 24 Apr 2026, at 00:14, Chris Spurgeon <spurge...@gmail.com> wrote:

Whoops, typo there! I meant this of course...

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[Chris Spurgeon]

Got it.

[Chris Spurgeon]

Hi again...

I'm wondering if you can tell me if this SVG seems correct (before I generate all of the SVGs I want to use). I'm attaching it, and the .jpg I used to generate it. Thanks!

[Alex Cabal]

As I mentioned, we want to cut almost all of these illustrations. We're
only interested in the ones essential to the plot, i.e. maps, diagrams,
items directly referred to in the text (i.e. "below is a drawing of the
gun I used" or the like)

On 4/24/26 7:48 PM, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> Hi again...
>
> I'm wondering if you can tell me if this SVG seems correct (before I
> generate all of the SVGs I want to use). I'm attaching it, and the .jpg
> I used to generate it. Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:58:43 PM UTC-7 Chris Spurgeon wrote:
>
> Got it.
>
> On Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 9:15:13 PM UTC-7 robin wrote:
>
> Yes.
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 24 Apr 2026, at 00:14, Chris Spurgeon <spurge...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Whoops, typo there! I meant this of course...
>>

>> /          I sailed again, <time datetime="1897-05-09">May 9</
>> time>, before a strong southwest wind,.../

>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 3:12:53 PM UTC-7 Chris Spurgeon
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi David and Robin...
>>
>> I'm plugging along on the text, and have a question for
>> the two of you.
>>
>> There are numerous dates in the book. Many are full dates
>> (month, date, and year) like this...
>>

>> /          On the morning of May 5, 1896, I sailed from
>> Juan Fernandez.../

>>
>> ...where it's straight-forward to add a <time> tag, like
>> this...
>>

>> /          On the morning of <time

>> datetime="1896-05-05">May 5, 1896</time>, I sailed from

>> Juan Fernandez/

>>
>> ...but in many other instances just a date is given, like
>> this...
>>

>> /          I sailed again, May 9, before a strong
>> southwest wind,.../

>>
>> Since the book's narrative is in chronological order, I
>> have no trouble inferring the year of these dates (in this
>> case 1897). Since I'm certain of the full date, should I
>> just go ahead and give these types of dates a <time>
>> element too, like this...
>>

>> /I sailed again, <time datetime="1897-0509">May 9</time>,
>> before a strong southwest wind,.../

>>
>> ?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 4:22:11 PM UTC-7 Alex Cabal
>> wrote:
>>
>> OK, David will manage with Robin reviewing.
>>
>> On 4/18/26 12:38 AM, Chris Spurgeon (gmail) wrote:
>> > Here’s the link to the repo…
>> >
>> > https://github.com/chrisspurgeon/joshua-

>> slocum_sailing-alone-around-the- <https://github.com/
>> chrisspurgeon/joshua-slocum_sailing-alone-around-the->
>> > world <https://github.com/chrisspurgeon/joshua-
>> slocum_sailing-alone- <https://github.com/
>> chrisspurgeon/joshua-slocum_sailing-alone->

>> > around-the-world>
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Apr 17, 2026, at 9:13 PM, 'Alex Cabal' via
>> Standard Ebooks
>> >> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sure. This one has already been attempted before,
>> seehttps://
>> >> groups.google.com/g/standardebooks/c/_Dsf5MHNcag/m/

>> mkKNQsxJBwAJ <http://groups.google.com/g/
>> standardebooks/c/_Dsf5MHNcag/m/mkKNQsxJBwAJ>
>> >> <https://groups.google.com/g/standardebooks/c/
>> _Dsf5MHNcag/m/mkKNQsxJBwAJ <https://groups.google.com/

>> >>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317 <http://

>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317> , and the internet
>> archive has a good
>> >>> scan at https://archive.org/details/bwb_T5-

>> CWQ-188/page/n319/mode/2up <https://archive.org/
>> details/bwb_T5-CWQ-188/page/n319/mode/2up> .

>> >>> Shall I proceed?
>> >>> Chris
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[Chris Spurgeon (gmail)]

Gotcha.

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[David]

Meanwhile, that SVG isn't quite according to SE standards. It would be a good idea to see what they look like from a previous production. Choosing pretty much at random, you could have a look (in a text editor) at these from the Pit Prop Syndicate. (But note now the filename conventions in SEMoS.)

There are at least a couple good guides to help:

1. The SVG "How To", although the "multi-colour" bit doesn't apply here; and
2. this post from a previous production which I've bookmarked and refer to.

(There are other posts like that here, but that one probably suffices.)

If you get stuck, let us know and we'll do our best to help! Producing SVGs can be tricky and time-consuming, but once you've cracked one, it does get "easier". :)

On Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 04:25:30 UTC+1 Chris wrote:

Gotcha.

On Apr 24, 2026, at 8:12 PM, Alex Cabal wrote:

As I mentioned, we want to cut almost all of these illustrations. We're only interested in the ones essential to the plot, i.e. maps, diagrams, items directly referred to in the text (i.e. "below is a drawing of the gun I used" or the like).