He invents a crew-member, a supposed pilot of Columbus' Pinta, to take credit for the safety of the vessel while he sleeps. Slocum tells his story as a sequence of adventures, understating his own part and giving credit always to the Spray.
His journal was first published in installments before being issued in book form in 1900. He was awaited at most of his ports of call, and gave lectures and lantern-slide shows to well-filled halls. Slocum attracted considerable international interest by his journey, particularly once he had entered the Pacific.
Slocum wrote about this round the world adventure in his 1903 book "Around the World in the Sloop Spray," which was a revised version of his earlier 1900 book "Sailing Alone Around the World," which became an international best-seller. Called the greatest sailor of the 19th Century, Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world.
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