The Navigator and the Explorer

By Adrian Rogers

The bulk of this collection is devoted to the achievements of two pioneers, Joshua Slocum and Percy Fawcett. Captain Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone - between 1892 and 1895 in a converted oyster fishing boat, on his return chronicling his experiences in the book Sailing Alone Around the World. Colonel Fawcett was an Am

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debbie Lee
• Release date: Jun 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9781761095467

Adrian Rogers

Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) was one of America’s most respected Bible teachers, communicating to millions through his Love Worth Finding radio and television ministry that continues today. He was also senior pastor of the 27,000-member Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, Tennessee, and a popular author whose books include What Every Christian Ought to Know and The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority.

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INTRODUCTION

There is a first time for everything, and for sailing around the world alone that honour belongs to Captain Joshua Slocum, a Canadian-born seaman who circumnavigated the globe between 1895 and 1899. Everyone knew this had been done often enough, but no one before Slocum had done it alone – let alone in a converted oyster fishing boat named Spray. Returning to Boston in 1899, he wrote a book about his experiences, but after that, what more could there be? This much we do know: he set sail for the West Indies in 1909 and was never seen again.

Colonel Percy Fawcett, soldier, cartographer and explorer, was convinced that a great civilisation once existed in the remotest parts of the Brazilian rainforest, which he was intent on finding. Fawcett was a theosophist, and Theosophy teaches that Divine knowledge may be achieved by spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition or individual relationships. Membership of the Theosophical Society is surely a strange qualification for an explorer, so what was he really seeking? He, like Slocum, disappeared, in 1926 on his last foray into the jungle.

The achievements of these great men are reflected in parts 1 and 2 of