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Captain Godfrey Rodrigues
Born in Amsterdam. Holland. January 24. 1886. Godfrey Rodrigues spent his boyhood among the dikes of that strange land. Holland, grew into young manhood. a tali. slendcr. under-dcveloped weakling.
His father was a diamond merebant. a hcavy. pot-bellicd man who died at a comparatively early agc. From him.