Looking for a online chart of the emigration route taken by ships from UK to

I recently posted the following clipping to TheShipsList. It touches on the same topic of ships following more southerly routes than had been used traditionally. Voyage of the Lincluden Castle to Melbourne, 1854 Montreal Gazette, April 27, 1855 AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. - His many friends in Canada will be glad to hear such good accounts of Captain David Rees (formerly of the "Elizabeth" of Liverpool) as we find in the Melbourne Argus of the 20th Dec. last. Our antipodean contemporary publishes the following address to Captain Rees :- Address to D. Rees, Esq., Commander of Lincluden Castle Sir, - It is with the most sincere and unfeigned pleasure that we, the pbuttengers of the Lincluden Castle, after a most prosperous voyage to Australia of eighty-two days, take this opportunity of evincing our high and marked appreciation, not only of your conduct as a gentleman, but also of your talents as an experienced seaman; of the latter, we judge from the unceasing and buttiduous attention you have paid to your professional duties, - of the former, from the kind and uniform courtesy, and yet uncompromising conduct you have displayed to us all, and by which you have fully succeeded in an almost insurmountable difficulty, that of giving most general satisfaction. But, Sir, we cannot permit you to separate from us without first offering you a more tangible proof of our esteem, and we therefore beg you will accept of the accompanying purse, as a trifling memento of our lasting regard. Signed on behalf of the Pbuttengers. First Cabin - HY. SINGLETON, ............. S. P. STEWART, Second Cabin - JOHN WOODSIDE Third Cabin .. KROMARKS

The Argus also mentions that Capt. Rees had discovered an island on his outward voyage. - "The labreastude," says the Argus, "was N.W. end 53 02, and S.E. end 53 12 S.; longitude 73 20 and 73 48 E. A smaller island was also seen, the distance between them being about 20 miles." Captain Rees made neat and clever sketches of these islands, copies of which, we observe, have been published in the London Illustrated News. ------------------------------------------------------------ Note - HD The island 'discovered' by Captain Rees is Heard Island in the South Indian Ocean. It was actually formally discovered by Captain Heard in a whaling bark in October 1853, so would not have been on charts used by Captain Rees. It may have been seen earlier by other whalers. It is an active volcano and snow falls there every month of the year. One wonders why Captain Rees sailed on this route, so far south and well within waters where ice might be expected. The normal shipping routes to Australia obviously did not come that way or the island would have been discovered much earlier. ------------------------ I got a reply pointing out that the captain was following a Great Circle route (which I realised) and taking advantage of favorable winds. Ships were bigger by the 1850s. Also as mentioned here, new routes were suggested by John Towson and by Lt. Maury of the United States Hydrographic Office. I do still have reservations about taking a pbuttenger ship through uncharted waters.

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