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40.00000°
N
Geo-L ocation : 40.00182°
N - 74.81465° E
Mouth of the Rancocas Creek
Mt. Holly and the Rancocas Creek Sits
40.0000 Degree Line
on the
Bernard Devonish, Land Owner on the Rancocas
Creek in 1687 sailed regularly back and forth to
Barbados from the Rancocas Creek. Bernard's
brother was a Ship’s Captain known to have sailed
from the Ports of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Back in the 1700’s brigs and such unloaded cargo
from Barbados in the Port of Philadelphia. From
these docks, cargo was loaded into Rancocas Creek
shallops and than sailed the tide back to the
Devonish and Other Land Holdings (todays
Rancocas State Park) up on at the confluence.
RCNWT GEO-FACT
Rancocas Creek
Navigation
Geo-L ocation : 40.00182°
N - 74.81465° E
Mouth of the Rancocas Creek
40.00000°
N
18
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Century Navigation Plan
20.0000°
N
Horse Latitudes
Geo-L ocation: 13° 10'
N and 59° 32' W
Barbados
40.00000°
N
As an example: General Sailing Directions from the
Island of Barbados to the Rancocas Creek. Actual plans
vary in detail. The majority of Captains and Pilots kept
knowledge of the trade and maritime passage ---
private.
Word of mouth passed from generations to generations.
Sample Sail Plan: Sail North-
West from Barbados,
striking in two weeks the Coast (America). Sail North to
the South River (Delaware Bay). Ascend the Delaware
River passing the Port of Philadelphia to 40.0000 N. At
the “Hens and Chicks” rocks at “White Sheet Bay” effect
safe passage in to the Rancocas Creek. Allow the tide to
sail you East on the Rancocas Creek to the Confluence.
Take the North Fork to Devonish Landing*. Follow the
Little Dipper up creek to Mt. Holly.
(* now inside todays Rancocas State Park).
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