Running Her Easting Down: The Story of the Cutty Sark and Other Great China Clippers

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xiv, 170 pp. "Designed first for the China tea trade, they combined a streamlined design that made them the swiftest of the wind ships, and a greater cargo capacity than previous v essels. Many of these great ships left their imprint on history and their names in men's memories, but one of the foremost among them was the Cutty Sark. This fascinating and carefully written history of the Cutty Sark includes an account of life on board the clipper and ten informative appendices, ranging from sailing records to cargo manifests. It is enhanced by numerous photographs, reproductions of paintings, charts, and five beautiful color plates of ship paintings by the world renowned maritime artist, John Robert Charles Spurling." Show more