Ever since his youth Bob de Moor was fascinated by ship transport, which echoed back in his later comic strips.

De Moor created a series set in the 16th century during the background of the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.

He is adopted by commander Harm Janszoon and joins them as a cabin boy and travels along during their exploration of South-East Asia, Africa, America and the Arctic.

[2] In 1974 this rare and original black-and-white story was made published in limited availability by the comics magazine CISO .

[5] The fourth "Cori" story "De Gedoemde Reis" won the Youth Prize at the Comics Festival of Angoulême, France, in 1988.