1. World Map. (Erin Greb)
2. “Fox.” (Richard J. King)
3. Ann Davison departs from Plymouth. (PA Images/Alamy)
4. White-tailed tropicbird near the masthead. (Ellen Massey Leonard)
5. Wilson’s storm-petrels. (Brian Sullivan/Macauley Library at the Cornell Lab)
6. “The Wondrous Sea Voyage of Dionysus.” (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich/Wikimedia Commons)
7. Josiah Shackford by John Singleton Copley. (Willis Henry Auctions, Inc.)
8. “Cooking in the Rain” by John “Rob Roy” MacGregor.
9. E. E. Middleton calmly sailing alone in heavy weather. (British Library)
10. Stereograph of Alfred “Centennial” Johnson in his boat. (Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, New York Public Library Photography Collection)
11. Joshua Slocum aboard Spray. (B. Aymar Slocum)
12. “The Shark on the Deck of the ‘Spray’ ” by Thomas Fogarty.
13. Alain Gerbault aboard Firecrest. (Archives Charmet/Bridgeman Images)
14. Harry Pidgeon in front of Islander. (SZ Photo/Scherl/ Bridgeman Images)
15. Robin Lee Graham holds up a dolphinfish. (Robin Lee Graham)
16. Florentino Das driving his boat in Manila. (Denise Das, Florentino Das Facebook Page)
17. Solo circumnavigator Noami James with her cat Boris. (Naomi James)
18. Kenichi Horie in San Francisco Bay. (San Francisco Maritime National Park)
19. Sharon Sites Adams taking a sun sight. (Sharon Sites Adams/University of Nebraska Press)
20. Sir Francis Chichester waves to the crowds. (Bettman/Getty)
21. Robin Knox-Johnston returning home aboard Suahili. Bill Rowntree/The Times/New Licensing)
22. Donald Crowhurst posing on Teignmouth Electron. (Eric Tall/Keystone/Getty Images)
23. Bernard Moitessier doing yoga aboard Joshua. (Bernard Moitessier/The Times/ News Licensing)
24. Bernard Moitessier’s drawing of a fairy tern and his boat.
25. “The Apparition at the Wheel,” by Thomas Fogarty.
26. Tevake of Pileni navigating David Lewis’s boat. (David Lewis/Barry Lewis)
27. Teddy Seymour aboard Love Song. (Maya Gates-Seymour)
28. Teenaged single-hander Laura Dekker watching dolphins. (Mike Ruel)
29. Bill Pinkney hosts local school children on Commitment.
30. Neal Petersen sailing No Barriers. (Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty Images)
31. The containership Berlin Express coming astern of Commitment. (Bill Pinkney)
32. David Lewis sailing alone to Antarctica. (Powerhouse Collection, gift of David Lewis/courtesy of Barry Lewis)
33. Laura Dekker walks the gangway. (Michael Kooren/Reuters/Alamy)
34. Abby Sunderland stands by aboard Wild Eyes. (Eric Hoarau/TAAF/AFP/Getty)
35. Jessica Watson sailing in heavy weather in Ella’s First Lady. (Brett Costello/Newspix)
36. Ellen MacArthur navigates aboard B&Q Castorama. (Liot Vapillion/DPPI/Getty Images)