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  2. Clipper - Wikipedia

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    Clipper ship sailing card for the Free Trade, printed by Nesbitt & Co., New York, early 1860s. Departures of clipper ships, mostly from New York and Boston to San Francisco, were advertised by clipper-ship sailing cards. These cards, slightly larger than today's postcards, were produced by letterpress and wood engraving on coated card stock.

  3. Sailing card - Wikipedia

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    A sailing card for the clipper Kingfisher Sailing card for clipper ship Great Republic Sailing card advertising the clipper ship Peruvian. A sailing card is a printed advertisement with information on a ship and its sailing dates, especially clipper ships. [1] Mystic Seaport in Mystic Connecticut has a collection of sailing cards. [2]

  4. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    The "Baltimore clipper" was actually invented before the appearance of clipper ships. [3] On the other end of the timeline are iron-hulled sailing ships which differ from clipper ships. The only iron-hulled examples present on this list are labeled as clippers by reliable sources.

  5. Snow Squall (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Snow Squall was an extreme wooden American clipper ship built in Maine for the China trade. A large part of her bow was preserved and is the sole remaining example of the American-built clipper ships.

  6. Schomberg (1855) - Wikipedia

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    The SS Schomberg was a clipper built in Aberdeen by Alexander Hall & Co. for "the Black Ball line" (which was a subsidiary of James Baines & Co., of Liverpool) for carrying large cargoes and steerage passengers, and to "outdo the Americans". [citation needed] When built, she was regarded as the most luxurious and well-built clipper of the period.

  7. List of people who sailed on clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    Captained a Peruvian clipper. Gemmill - Scotland, then USA; William D. Gregory, captain of the clipper Tejuca, which sank during a hurricane in 1856. Joseph Warren Holmes—American sea captain who sailed around Cape Horn 84 times; command of clipper Seminole. [1] Nathaniel Palmer—American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship ...

  8. N.B. Palmer (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    The N.B. Palmer was a clipper ship owned by A.A. Low & Brother which was active in the China trade. In 1858–1859 the N.B. Palmer, with her 28-year-old Captain Hingham tied the record of 82 days for the Shanghai to New York run. [2] N.B. Palmer was named after explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer Nathaniel Palmer.

  9. Category:Clippers - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 September 2023, at 15:04 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

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