clipper ship
Swift cargo vessel
A clipper ship is a fast sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, built for speed with a narrow hull and tall masts carrying large amounts of sail.
Clippers dominated long-distance trade routes—carrying tea from China, wool from Australia, or racing around Cape Horn to California during the gold rush.
Steam power made them obsolete within decades.
- tea tradeBusiness in brewed leaves
- East IndiaMalay Archipelago region
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- full sailEvery sail raised
Gold Rush · keel · galleon · Opium Wars · brig · cargo hold · rudder · Age of Sail · masts · colonial expansion · sails · speed records · bow wave · sea shanties · brigantine · Industrial Revolution · shipwright · barque
- boatsboat, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, vessels
- historic transportcarriage, horse-drawn carriage, coach, phaeton, stagecoach
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
clipper shipsteamship
Boiler-propelled water vessel
steamboat · paddle steamer · ocean liner · ironclad · container ship
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