Harry Pidgeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarry Pidgeon
American sailor
Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1869
Place of Birth: Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 11-Apr-1954
Profession: explorer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Harry Pidgeon
- Harry Clifford Pidgeon (August 31, 1869 – November 4, 1954) was an American sailor, a noted photographer, and was the second person to sail single-handedly around the world (1921-1925), 23 years after Joshua Slocum, a professional sea captain.
- Pidgeon was the first person to sail a yacht around the world via the Panama Canal and the Cape of Good Hope, the first person to solo-circumnavigate by way of the Panama Canal, and the first person to solo circumnavigate the world twice.
- On both trips around the world, he sailed a 34-foot yawl named the Islander, which Pidgeon constructed by himself on a beach in Los Angeles.
- Prior to his first trip, Pidgeon had no prior experience sailing.
- He accounts for his adventures in his book, Around the World Single-Handed: The Cruise of the "Islander" (1932).
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