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After flirting with thoughts of Australia, Waddell hurried south for Cape Horn, rounding it well south of the normal shipping lanes, and then beat a cautious path back to Liverpool. On November 6, 1865, the Shenandoah sailed into port there under the Stars and Bars and surrendered. In just over a year, she had circled the globe, covered some 58,000 miles, captured thirty-eight ships, sinking thirty-two and releasing six on bond, and taken more than 1,000 prisoners—all without taking or losing a life.
Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land
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