The clipper ship era

The clipper ship era

The clipper ship era - an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders,...
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Author: Clark, Arthur H.,1841-1922
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The clipper ship era

The clipper ship era

$21,774.85 $6.99

The clipper ship era

$21,774.85 $6.99
Author: Clark, Arthur H.,1841-1922
Format: eBook
Language: English

The clipper ship era - an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869

THE Clipper Ship Era began in 1843 as a result of the growing demand for a more rapid delivery of tea from China; continued under the stimulating influence of the discovery of gold in California and Australia in 1849 and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. These memorable years form one of the most important and interesting periods of maritime history. They stand between the centuries during which man navigated the sea with sail and oara slave to unknown winds and currents, helpless alike in calm and in stormand the successful introduction of steam navigation, by which man has obtained mastery upon the ocean. After countless generations of evolution, this era witnessed the highest development of the wooden sailing ship in construction, speed, and beauty. Nearly all the clipper ships made records which were not equalled by the steamships of their day; and more than a quarter of a century elapsed, devoted to discovery and invention in perfecting the marine engine and boiler, before the best clipper ship records for speed were broken by steam vessels. During this era, too, important discoveries{vi} were made in regard to the laws governing the winds and currents of the ocean; and this knowledge, together with improvements in model and rig, enabled sailing ships to reduce by forty days the average time formerly required for the outward and homeward voyage from England and America to Australia. In pursuing this narrative we shall see the stately, frigate-built Indiaman, with her batteries of guns and the hammocks stowed in nettings, disappear, and her place taken by the swift China, California, and Australian clippers, which in their turn, after a long and gallant contest, at last vanish before the advancing power of steam. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 69154
Author: Clark, Arthur H.
Release Date: Oct 14, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: 1911
Publisher Country: United States

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