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Here's a chart of the voyage of the ship Challenge that I assembled from the
logbook:
http://www.clockwk.com/chall.gif
And here's the logbook itself on the Mystic Seaport library web site:
mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/PageImage.cfm?PageNum=1&bibid=32576
Briefly:
The Challenge left Hong Kong with a cargo of tea and 8 passengers in July of
1853. Passed through Indonesia and then crossed the Indian Ocean into the
Atlantic. The ship developed a severe leak. The Challenge arrived in Fayal Azores
in October, 1853 where cargo and passengers were discharged. A significant
portion of the cargo was spoiled by the leak and thrown overboard (the Fayal Tea
Party?). The Challenge spent almost two months anchored in Fayal Roads and
then continued to London for more extensive repairs.
There were no longitudes by lunar on this entire voyage. Some longitudes were
determined "by bearing" when in sight of land. A few longitudes were by DR
(presumably during periods so cloudy that no time sights could be taken). Nearly
all longitudes were "long pr Chron".
Frank E. Reed
[X] Mystic, Connecticut
[ ] Chicago, Illinois
