The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss
by John Claus Voss
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John (sometimes "Jack") Claus Voss (born Johannes Claus Vos; 1858-1922) was a Canadian sailor best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum (boat) ("Friend" in Chinook jargon). He started in 1901 with his friend Norman Luxton and ending alone in 1904. He chronicled this and other notable voyages in The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.( wikipedia.org)Tags
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- Canonical title
- The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss
- Original publication date
- 1913
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- Dedication
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- First words
- The characters of great seamen, and their feats, have outlines which are definite.
Introduction, by Richard Hughes, 1949.
My seafaring life commenced in the year 1877, when I was quite a young man, and was spent, up to the time I sailed in the Xora, in large sailing vessels, during which period I have filled all sorts of positions from de... (show all)ck boy up to master.
Chapter I. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The force of the gale blowing up against her side and topwork, I am quite sure, will prevent her rolling excessively.
- Disambiguation notice
- First edition Yokohama 1913; second edition London 1926; first published in the Mariners Library 1949, second impression 1950, third impression 1955.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 910.41 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Pirates & Shipwrecks Circumnavigation of the Earth
- LCC
- G530 .V78 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Adventures, shipwrecks, buried treasure, etc.
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- English, Italian, Swedish
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- ISBNs
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