New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. — 404 p. 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...
London: Adlard Coles Nautical, 2014. — 240 p. — ISBN: 1472900286. 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...
McFarland & Co, 2014. — 721 p. — ISBN: 978-0786471126. This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the...
New York, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1936. — 381 p. Excerpt from Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain, 1833-1869: Manhattan was the scene of the next American Shipbuilding venture, when the lawyer - captain Adrian Block built the 16-ton Onrust to te place the galiot Tiger, when that ship caught fire and burned to the water s edge while standing by, in 1613, for a cargo of furs....
Horizons de France, 1949. — 174 p. Un clipper (ou Klipper) est un bateau à voile à trois mâts ou plus, caractéristique de la deuxième moitié du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle, fait pour convoyer le plus vite possible des denrées périssables, grâce à une voilure importante et une coque en bois ou acier effilée. Créés sur la Côte est américaine, les clippers furent à leur apogée...
Naval Institute Press, 1993. — 191 p. — ISBN: 978-1557500847. The clipper's heyday lasted from the discovery of gold in California in 1849 until the opening of the Suez Canal 20 years later. This book focuses on the ships of the two rival nations Britain and America, built during a period of intense competition in the 1850s.
Todtri, 1999. — 136 p. A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, usually with separate topmasts and topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and...
Globe Pequot Press, 1986. — 108 p. — ISBN: 978-0871068989. This unique volume chronicles the 150-year history of the tall ships - those incredible sailing vessels that sweep majestically across the sea, their masts piercing the sky, their canvas swelling with the wind. The author explains carefully how these ships were built, how they operate, and what it is like to live and...
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