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Richard Cobb — Sea Voyages 1877–1883

Plotted on a ship’s track chart of 1877 — the year his apprenticeship began

Richard Cobb's sea voyages 1877 to 1883, plotted on J. S. Hobbs's 1877 General Chart for pricking off a ship's track. Coloured lines trace the routes of the Falcon, Bridesmaid, Kentish Tar and Morning Star between documented ports of call.
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Ships & Symbols

Falcon
December 1877 – April 1881
Bridesmaid
April 1881, Honfleur to Swansea
Kentish Tar
May – August 1881
Morning Star
c. February 1882 – January 1883
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Documented port of call
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Gale recorded at sea
(10 May 1882, 39°S 114°E;  7 December 1882, 38°S 100°E)
Undocumented movement (Swansea to Cardiff, April–May 1881)

Routes between documented ports are reconstructed along period trade-wind and cape sailing corridors; they are not recorded tracks.

Base chart: J. S. Hobbs, “A General Chart for the purpose of pricking off a Ship’s Track…”, Charles Wilson (late J. W. Norie & Wilson), London, 1877.

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