John Voss (sailor)
| John Claus Voss | |
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Tilikum (boat) plaque | |
| Born |
1858 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany[1] |
| Died | 1922 |
| Occupation | Ship Captain |
Captain Voss in 1909
John (sometimes "Jack") Claus Voss (born Johannes Claus Voss; 1858–1922) was a German-Canadian sailor best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum ("Friend" in Chinook jargon). Initially a carpenter, Voss apprenticed on a ship voyaging around Cape Horn and thereafter lived primarily as a sailor. In 1901 Voss began his most noteworthy voyage with his friend Norman Luxton and ending alone in 1904. He chronicled this and other notable voyages in The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.[2]
References
Capt John Voss aboard Tilikum (boat)
- ↑ "Johannes Claus Voss: Mit dem Einbaum übers Meer". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsvedag. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ↑ Voss, John (1913). The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss (PDF). Dodd, Meade and Company.
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