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THE VENTURESOME VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN VOSS

CAPTAIN JC VOSS

n 1901 John Voss, a sometime sailor and carpenter, set out on a round-the-world trip in a 38ft (11.6m) wooden dugout canoe named the . It would be understandable if you viewed this not so much as a cruise as a suicide mission. Nevertheless, he made it from Victoria

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