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The Clipper Ship Era

by Arthur H. Clark

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — American Shipping to the Close of the War of 1812
  3. 3Chapter II — British Shipping After 1815 — The East India Company
  4. 4Chapter III — The North Atlantic Packet Ships, 1815-1850
  5. 5Chapter IV — Opium Clippers and Early Clipper Ships, 1832-1848
  6. 6Chapter V — Two Early Clipper Ship Commanders
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Repeal of the British Navigation Laws — The “Orien…
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Rush for California — A Sailing Day
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Clipper Ship Crews
  10. 10Chapter IX — California Clippers of 1850 and Their Commanders — Mau…
  11. 11Chapter X — California Clippers of 1851 and Their Commanders — A Da…
  12. 12Chapter XI — California Clipper Passages of 1851
  13. 13Chapter XII — American Competition with Great Britain in the China…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — California Clippers of 1852 — The “Sovereign of the…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — California Clippers of 1853
  16. 16Chapter XV — The “Great Republic” and the “Dreadnought”
  17. 17Chapter XVI — American Clippers of 1854 and 1855
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Australian Voyages, 1851-1854
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Australian Clippers, 1854-1856
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Last Years of the American Clipper Ship Era — Summary…
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Greatness and the Decline of the American Merchant…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Later British Tea Clippers
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Fate of the Clipper Ships
  24. 24Appendix I — California Clipper Ships Built in the United States Fr…
  25. 25Appendix III — China Tea Clippers, 1859-1869
  26. 26Appendix IV — Rules for Tonnage Measurements

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