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If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.


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However the owner strapped for cash sold the vessel out from under Slocum and he and Virginia found themselves stranded in the Philippines without a ship. On April 24 1895 he set sail from Boston Massachusetts. Slocum normally sailed the Spray without touching the helm.

In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World which became an international best-seller. Joshua Slocum (February 20 1844 – on or shortly after November 14 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born naturalised American seaman and adventurer and a noted writer.

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