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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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Confident
that,
with
this
vessel,
I
could
reach
any
place
to
which
there
was
a
passage
by
water,
whether
on
the
external
or
internal
world,
I
named
her
the
Explorer.
I
furnished
her
with
abundant
stores
for
three
years;
among
which
were
large
supplies
of
dried
and
preserved
vegetables
and
fruits,
pickles,
acids,
and
other
anti-scorbutics.
The
room
not
occupied
by
water
and
provisions,
was
filled
with
coal.
Thinking
I
might
meet
with
regions
where
none
but
salt
water
could
be
had,
from
land,
sea,
or
clouds,
I
took
on
board
one
of
Youle's
cambouses
for
converting
salt
into
fresh
water.
Besides
the
best
of
cables,
both
of
iron
and
hemp,
and
an
extra
supply
of
common
and
ice
anchors,
I
failed
not
to
provide
one
launch,
as
large
as
could
be
carried
on
deck,
and
four
whale
boats.
My
next
care
was
to
select
my
officers
and
crew
from
among
the
most
skilful,
temperate,
and
orderly
mariners
I
could
find;
whom
I
shipped
for
a
sealing
voyage
in
the
South
Seas,
having
a
clause
in
the
articles
authorizing
me
to
cruize
and
seek
for
seal
wherever
I
might
judge
proper,
for
the
term
of
three
years.
The
crew
consisted
of
4
mates,
1
boatswain,
1
boatswain's
mate,
3
engineers,
4
carpenters,
3
blacksmiths,
2
coopers,
and
32
seamen;
in
all,
50
men,
besides
myself.
In
addition
to
a
portable
forge,
and
materials
for
repairing
any
damage
which
might
happen
to
the
engine,
I
took,
on
the
suggestion
of
the
chief
blacksmith,
duplicates
of
such
parts
of
the
engine
as
were
most
liable
to
fail.
Of
nautical
instruments,
chronometers,
and
books
treating
upon
matters
in
any
way
connected
with
my
object,
I
provided
liberally.
Least
of
all,
did
I
omit
Symmes's
Memoirs,
and
printed
Lectures.
Finally,
having
completed
my
arrangements,
and
settled
all
my
affairs,
I
took
leave
of
my
wife
and
children,
whom,
as
I
had
no
particular
friends,
I
left
to
the
humanity
and
kindness
of
the
world,
and
set
sail
on
the
1st
day
of
August,
1817.
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