The clipper route was derived from the Brouwer Route and was sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route...
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A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper...
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Cape Horn (section Historic trade route)
the Netherlands. For decades, Cape Horn was a major milestone on the clipper route, by which sailing ships carried trade around the world. The waters around...
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1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. Antarctic Circumpolar Current Clipper route Doldrums Antarctic oscillation Southerly buster Subtropical ridge Winds...
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Australia's Cape Leeuwin, and South America's Cape Horn. The traditional clipper route followed the winds of the roaring forties south of the great capes....
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simply as "the Cape". It is a waypoint on the Cape Route and the clipper route followed by clipper ships to the Far East and Australia, and still followed...
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Pan Am (redirect from Pan Am Clipper)
242 in 2023) round trip. This later became known as the Pan Am China Clipper route, from San Francisco, leading to Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai. On August...
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cape has been known to sailors as a major hazard on the traditional clipper route. It is sometimes regarded as one of the great capes. It was most commonly...
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Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Designed...
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Maritime history (section Clipper route)
During this time, the clipper route was established by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route ran from west to...
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