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Profusely illustrated text discusses the clipper ships that dominated the world's sailing routes in the last half of the nineteenth century.Tags
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"To see a clipper knife through wind-swept seas on a sprint from New York to San Francisco or between London and Hong Kong was to witness the quintessence of sailing. In winds that would cause others to reef sail, clipper captains flew every possible scrap of canvas, until the masts quivered at breaking point. Clippers rode tempests like sea birds, making some 400 miles a day and setting records that would last forever."
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Clipper Ships
- Important events
- Age of Sail
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 387.2 — Society, government, & culture Commerce, communications & transportation regulations Water, air, space transportation Ocean travel
- LCC
- VM19 .W54 — Naval Science Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering History
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
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