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Around the world in a dugout canoe : the untold story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24995
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
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- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Responsibility
- John M, MacFarlane
- Lynn J. Salmon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 268 p.
- Abstract
- "For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage--and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment--is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- John Claus Voss -- Treasure Hunting in the Xora -- Norman Kenny Luxton -- “Out-Slocuming” Joshua Slocum -- Preparing to Voyage -- Across the Pacific -- Penrhyn Island and Beyond -- The Mate Walter Louis Begent -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Brazil and up the Atlantic to England -- Repatriation to Victoria -- The Sea Queen, the Tilikum II and Voss’s Last Years.
- Notes
- Contains materials from the Luxton family fonds from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library
- Signed by John MacFarlane
- ISBN
- 9781550178791
- Accession Number
- 2019.106
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publication on publisher's website
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"Light and Shadow' by W.R. Macaskill
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54226
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- W.R. Macaskill (1886 - 1956) was a Canadian photographer from Nova Scotia, famous for his images of schooners and other ships in the coastal Maritimes region of Canada. Macaskill was especially well known for his photographs of the Bluenose schooner.
- Scope & Content
- Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
- Name Access
- Macaskill, W. R.
- Subject Access
- Boating
- Ship
- Photography
- Sailing
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Nova Scotia
- Access Restrictions
- This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item must be stored flat to prevent strain on the frame.
- Creator
- W.R. Macaskill
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://novascotia.ca/archives/macaskill/essay.asp?Language=English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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