Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail by Jefferson, Sam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents INTRODUCTION 1 THE ORIGINS OF CLIPPER SHIPS

Baltimore clippers Britain lags behind Gold rush Time for tea Beauty at any cost End of an era

2 A HELL SHIP VOYAGE WITH ‘BULLY’ WATERMAN

Fame and fortune A challenge for the Challenge Rotten crew Crisis at Cape Horn The reckoning in San Francisco The aftermath

3 MARCO POLO, THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD

A stranding with a twist Under new ownership Up through the hawse-pipe Troubles on the record passage Commander of the Lightning The Schomberg’s only voyage Dangerous gamble Decline and fall

4 MARY PATTEN’S BATTLE WITH CAPE HORN

The Rapid’s turnaround An unusual honeymoon Captain and mate Mary’s dilemma Keeler’s second chance The frustrating final leg End of the fairytale

5 MUTINY ABOARD THE ‘WILD BOAT OF THE ATLANTIC’

The Dreadnought’s recipe for success Liverpool packet rats The provocation Crisis point Rudderless in mid-ocean Wrecked near Cape Horn

6 THE GREAT CHINA TEA RACE OF 1866

Out to sea The captains and their ships The challenges of sailing China clippers Manoeuvring for position On the home stretch

7 THE SIR LANCELOT DEFIES THE ODDS

Dismasted in the Bay of Biscay The race line-up ‘Go ahead’ Robinson The Sir Lancelot catches up A new rival Against the Thermopylae Robinson’s final record

8 THE CUTTY SARK’S LONGEST VOYAGE

Cruel mate Search for a new skipper Tramp of the ocean Hazing and hardship Drunk in command Wool clipper

EPILOGUE

Twilight

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