Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era written by Arthur Hamilton Clark and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail written by Sam Jefferson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace. Racing out to the gold fields of America and Australia, and breaking speed records carrying tea back from China, the ships combined beauty with breathtaking performance. With over 200 gorgeous paintings and illustrations, and thrilling descriptions of the adventures and races on the water, this beautiful book brings the era vividly to life. Chapters include: The origins of the clippers - from the gold rush to the tea trade A hell ship voyage with 'Bully' Waterman, one of the most successful and notorious captains of the era Marco Polo, the fastest ship in the world - her rise to prominence and subsequent decline Mary Patten's battle with Cape Horn - a lady captain takes charge in a very male world Mutiny aboard the 'wild boat of the Atlantic' The great China tea race of 1866 - an amazingly close race across the world, only decided in the final few miles The Sir Lancelot defies the odds - her eccentric captains and rivalry with the legendary Thermopylae The Cutty Sark's longest voyage First-hand accounts, newspaper reports and log entries add fascinating eyewitness detail, whilst the stunning images show how the designs of these thoroughbreds developed over the years. A wonderful read and worthy celebration of these racehorses of the sea.
Download or read book American Clipper Ships 1833 1858 written by Octavius Thorndike Howe and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First volume of invaluable, fully illustrated, encyclopedic review of 352 clipper ships from the period of America's greatest maritime supremacy. Introduction. Total in set: 109 halftones. 5 illustrations. Index.
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era an Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships Their Owners Builders Commanders and Crews 1843 1869 written by Arthur Hamilton Clark and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...and famous Typhoon, a ship more than double her size. It should, however, be remembered with regard to the Sea Witch, that she was at that time over five years old, and had led a pretty wild life under Waterman, while she had known no peace with Frazer in command, and had been strained and weakened by hard driving. Moreover, a wooden ship, after five or six years, begins to lose her speed through absorbing water, and becomes sluggish in light airs. In her prime and at her best with Waterman in command, the Sea Witch was probably the fastest sailing-ship of her inches ever built. The California clippers were, of course, racing all the time, against each other and against the record, aDd the strain upon their captains in driving their ships against competitors whose relative positions were unknown, was terrific. It became a confirmed habit with them to keep their ships going night and day in all weathers and at their utmost speed. In order to appreciate what a passage of 110 days or less from an Atlantic port to San Francisco really means, we must take a few of the long passages of 1851, made by ships that were not clippers: Arthur, from New York, 200 days; Austerlitz, Boston, 185 days; Barrington, Boston, 180 days; Bengal, Philadelphia, 185 days; Capitol, Boston, 300 days; Cornwallis, New York, 204 days; Franconia, Boston, 180 days; Henry Allen, New York, 225 days; Inconium, Baltimore, 190 days. The logs of these vessels tell of long, weary days and nights of exasperating calms, and dreary, heartbreaking weeks of battle with tempests off Cape Horn. Some of the vessels built in 1851 did not take part in the races of that year, as they were not launched until too late; and did not arrive at San Francisco before 1852. Those among them which...
Download or read book The Era of the Clipper Ships written by and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An online magazine for maritime history enthusiasts of the clipper ship era. Website includes the online book The Era of the Clipper Ships by Donald Gunn Ross III, divided into 72 Web page segments, each on the average of from four to seven pages in length, to be read in sequence starting with 'South Street.' The book will be published in print in expanded form in 2004. Website includes extensive links to other relevant websites and has extensive bibliographies.
Download or read book Clipper Ships written by A. B. C. Whipple and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The clipper ship era an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships their owners builders commanders and crews 1843 1869 written by Arthur Hamilton Clark and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1910-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era written by Arthur Hamilton Clark and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clipper Ship Era is a fascinating book about American and British Clipper ships in the 19th century.
Download or read book The American built Clipper Ship 1850 1856 written by William L. Crothers and published by International Marine Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.
Download or read book The Era of the Clipper Ships written by Donald Gunn Ross, III and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story begins with the arrival aboard a lumber schooner of young Donald McKay at South Street Seaport in the spring of 1826. A short history of the New York shipyards sets the stage for the beginnings of the golden age of sail and the indentureship of Donald McKay at the shipyard of Issac Webb, the "Father of shipbuilders." These were exciting times for the ever increasing demand for fast sailing ships spurred on by the demand for tea from China and the lust for California gold. The struggle for the world's carrying trade was picking up in intensity, and the search for answers that the American merchant marine so desperately sought came down to this: How to reshape the most convenient and capacious cargo box into a solid of least resistance-and how, at the same time, to translate the unpredictable energies of wind into the swiftest forward motion. - Alexander Laing The book follows the career of Donald McKay, along with fellow shipbuilders of the era, such as John Willis Griffiths, Samuel Harte Pook, William Webb and others. I have drawn from a wide number of sources [see Bibliography] as I try and catch a glimpse, here and there, of the lively cast of characters, seaports, merchants, captains, and shipbuilders, and of various sailing ships, many of them packets, leading to the clippers throughout the era. All the while trying to follow a general timeline keeping track of several score, the very crest of the clipper wave, and the fastest of the fleet as they raced around Cape Horn and the world with their precious cargoes. Every ship had a tale to tell, such as Houqua, Rainbow, and Sea Witch. Then there were the merchants, the Lows, Aspinwalls, Enoch Train, George Francis Train, James Baines, and others. Shipbuilding in New England is covered, too. Donald McKay built the fastest clipper ships that ever sailed the seas. Clippers built by Samuel Harte Pook and others captured fame as well. Courageous captains also had many tales to tell, such as Robert Waterman, Nathaniel Brown Palmer, Lauchlan McKay, Charles Porter Low, and others. The early days of the China tea trade after the American Revolution is captured here brought on by Chinese demand for sea otter pelts. The pages also tell the story of early San Francisco and the California gold rush. The peak of the clipper frenzy was reached in 1852 with the Deep Sea Derby around Cape Horn with such notable clippers as Wild Pigeon, Tinqua, Flying Dutchman, Flying Fish, and Game Cock. Donald McKay sold many clipper ships to ship owner James Baines of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, England. Lightning, Champion of the Seas, James Baines, Donald McKay, and others. They all come to life on these pages. As does the sad demise of the clipper fleet hastened on by falling freight prices, steam power, and the Civil War. Donald McKay continued to build clipper ships long after all the other shipbuilders. The story of the Glory of the Seas is here and the later years of Donald McKay. There is an appendix chapter about Sergeant Donald McKay and the 76th Regiment of Macdonald Highlanders, and Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It is now time to join Donald McKay aboard the lumber schooner and begin your voyage through the era of the clipper ships. Welcome aboard.
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era written by Arthur H. Clark and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
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Download or read book The Book of Old Ships written by Henry B. Culver and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVSuperb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. /div
Download or read book CLIPPER SHIP ERA written by Arthur Hamilton 1841-1922 Clark and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships Their Owners Builde written by Arthur H. Clark and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era written by Arthur H. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clipper Ship Era written by Arthur Hamilton Clark and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
