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The “Flying Cloud"
The
Clipper Ship Era
An Epitome of Famous American and British
Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders,
Commanders, and Crews
1843-1869
By
Arthur H. Clark
Late Commander of Ship “Verena,” Barque “Agnes,”
Steamships “Manchu,” “Suwo Nada,” “Venus,”
and “Indiana.” (1863-1877)
Author of “The History of Yachting”
With 39 Illustrations
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1911
{ii}Copyright, 1910
BY
ARTHUR H. CLARK
Published, November, 1910
Reprinted, January, 1911; March, 1911
The Knickerbocker Press, New York{iii}
To
THE MEMORY OF
A FRIEND OF MY BOYHOOD
DONALD McKAY
BUILDER OF SHIPS
{iv}
PREFACE
THE Clipper Ship Era began in 1843 as a result of the growing demand fora more rapid delivery of tea from China; continued under the stimulatinginfluence of the discovery of gold in California and Australia in 1849and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Thesememorable years form one of the most important and interesting periodsof maritime history. They stand between the centuries during which mannavigated the sea with sail and oar—a slave to unknown winds andcurrents, helpless alike in calm and in storm—and the successfulintroduction of steam navigation, by which man has obtained mastery uponthe ocean.
After countless generations of evolution, this era witnessed the highestdevelopment of the wooden sailing ship in construction, speed, andbeauty. Nearly all the clipper ships made records which were notequalled by the steamships of their day; and more than a quarter of acentury elapsed, devoted to discovery and invention in perfecting themarine engine and boiler, before the best clipper ship records for sp