CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][ American Shipping to the Close of the War of 1812][1]
[II.][ British Shipping after 1815—The East India Company][19]
[III.][ The North Atlantic Packet Ships, 1815-1850][38]
[IV.][ Opium Clippers and Early Clipper Ships, 1838-1848][57]
[V.][ Two Early Clipper Ship Commanders][73]
[VI.][ The Repeal of the British Navigation Laws—The “Orientalâ€�][88]
[VII.][ The Rush for California—A Sailing Day][100]
[VIII.][ The Clipper Ship Crews][119]
[IX.][ California Clippers of 1850 and their Commanders—Maury’s Wind and Current Charts][134]
[X.][ California Clippers of 1851 and their Commanders—A Day on Board the “Witch of the Waveâ€�][151]
[XI.][ California Clipper Passages in 1851][173]
[XII.][ American Competition with Great Britain in the China Trade][195]
[XIII.][ California Clippers of 1852—The “Sovereign of the Seasâ€�][211]
[XIV.][ California Clippers of 1853][224]
[XV.][ The “Great Republic� and the “Dreadnought�][235]
[XVI.][ American Clippers of 1854 and 1855][248]
[XVII.][ Australian Voyages, 1851-1854][260]
[XVIII.][ Australian Clippers, 1854-1856][273]
[XIX.][ Last Years of the American Clipper Ship Era—Summary of California Passages][289]
[XX.][ The Greatness and the Decline of the American Merchant Marine][308]
[XXI.][ The Later British Tea Clippers][318]
[XXII.][ The Fate of the Old Clipper Ships][340]
Appendices[349]
Index[377]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[The “Flying Cloud�][Frontispiece]
[East Indiamen, 1720][24]
[An East Indiaman, 1788][30]
[The “Marlborough� and “Blenheim�][36]
[The “England�][40]
[The “Montezuma�][44]
[The “Yorkshire�][48]
[Jacob A. Westervelt][104]
[Jacob Bell][104]
[William H. Webb][106]
[Samuel Hall][106]
[Robert H. Waterman][112]
[N. B. Palmer][112]
[Josiah P. Creesy][122]
[H. W. Johnson][122]
[David S. Babcock][128]
[George Lane][128]
[Lauchlan McKay][130]
[Philip Dumaresq][130]
[The “Surprise�][136]
[The “Stag-Hound�][142]
[Matthew Fontaine Maury][148]
[The “Nightingale�][164]
[The “Challenge�][186]
[The “Stornoway�][198]
[The “Sovereign of the Seas�][218]
[The “Comet�][224]
[The “Young America�][232]
[The “Great Republic�][242]
[The “Dreadnought�][246]
[The “Brisk� and “Emanuela�][252]
[Donald McKay][256]
[The “Red Jacket�][272]
[The “James Baines�][282]
[The “Schomberg�][286]
[The “Sweepstakes�][290]
[The Composite Construction][322]
[The “Ariel� and “Taeping� Running up Channel, September 5, 1866][328]
[The “Lahloo�][336]

The Clipper Ship Era

CHAPTER I
AMERICAN SHIPPING TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR OF 1812