Alain Gerbault
Alain Jacques Georges Marie Gerbault (November 17, 1893 – December 16, 1941) was a French
sailor, writer and
tennis champion, who made a
circumnavigation of the world as a
single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south
Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life. As a tennis player he was ranked the fifth on the French rankings in 1923.
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