The Great Tea Race of 1866 — Victorian Clipper Ships, Dangerous Seas & the Fight to Arrive First

Описание: Victorian Tea Clippers risked everything to win the Great China Race of 1866 — one of the most extraordinary contests in maritime history. Three ships, Ariel, Taeping, and Serica, loaded thousands of chests of fresh Foochow tea and raced 16,000 miles from southern China to London. After 99 days at sea across the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and up the Atlantic, two ships arrived within ten minutes of each other. This is the full story of the clipper ship era — the obsession with speed, the captains who pushed wooden ships to their absolute limits, the sailors who risked their lives on every watch, and the rise of the legendary Cutty Sark and Thermopylae. A deep, immersive history told from the docks of Foochow to the Thames.
Perfect for sleep, study, or relaxing — rich historical storytelling with no filler.
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