Clipper ship - America's famous and fast sailing queens of the sea
Year: 1963 Language: English Author: O'Hara J.C. Genre: History Publisher: MacMillan Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 56 Description: Clippers were different from other ships of their time. They were longer for their breadth, had slimmer and more graceful forms, and carried much more sail on heavier masts and yards. The American clippers were built in shipyards from Maine to South Carolina, of the best materials and by the finest shipwrights in the country. The clipper ship was an American invention, born of the necessity for speed. This most beautiful of all sailing ships evolved between 1845 and 1850, and had its great days of fast passages and record runs from 1848 to 1860.
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Clipper ship - America's famous and fast sailing queens of the sea
Language: English
Author: O'Hara J.C.
Genre: History
Publisher: MacMillan
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 56
Description: Clippers were different from other ships of their time. They were longer for their breadth, had slimmer and more graceful forms, and carried much more sail on heavier masts and yards. The American clippers were built in shipyards from Maine to South Carolina, of the best materials and by the finest shipwrights in the country.
The clipper ship was an American invention, born of the necessity for speed. This most beautiful of all sailing ships evolved between 1845 and 1850, and had its great days of fast passages and record runs from 1848 to 1860.
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