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Launched in 1857 as a lavish New York racing yacht capable of twenty knots, the Wanderer was bought and refitted with huge water tanks for a long ocean crossing, a telltale alteration that disguised the fast pleasure craft as an illegal slaver.
<i>The Wanderer</i> — Built For Speed is a historical marker in Jekyll Island, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.0214, -81.4340 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is <i>The Wanderer</i> — Arrival (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include <i>The Wanderer</i> — Cilucangy: Ward Lee, <i>The Wanderer</i> — What Happened to the Survivors: Their Stories, and <i>The Wanderer</i> — Timeline.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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