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John Voss (sailor)

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John Voss (sailor)
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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.

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Captain John Voss aboard Tilikum

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In 1901, Voss began his most noteworthy voyage with his friend Norman Luxton, ending alone in 1904. He chronicled this and other notable voyages in The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.[2]

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