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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.
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum
Born: Feb 20, 1844
Died: Nov 14, 1909

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Sail, Worlds, Dangers, Seek, About, More, New, She, Voyage, Spray, Continents, Were, Discovered, Did, May, Sea, Her

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