He hired on as a cabin boy and cook on a small schooner and later he signed on at Halifax as ordinary seamen on a merchant ship bound for Dublin, Ireland and eventually became an ordinary seaman on a British merchant ship bound for China. It has been reported that as a young boy, Slocum made several attempts to run away from home and finally succeeding at the age of 14. It is assumed that his early adventures on the water were accomplished on coastal schooners operating out of the small ports such as Port George and Cottage Cove near Mount Hanley along the Bay of Fundy. Joshua Slocum grew up in Mount Hanley, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. The event was almost unnoticed because the Spanish–American War, which had begun two months earlier, dominated all the headlines. After more than three years, Slocum returned in his gaff rigged sloop oyster boat named Spray having circumnavigated the world, a distance of more than 74,000 km. On June 27, 1898, the first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Brier Island, Nova Scotia.
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