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The American tea clippers "Sweepstakes" and "Wild Pigeon" on the Indian Ocean during the summer of 1854, from China to New York
71.1 x 106.7 cm. (28 x 42 in.) ...
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Better English long read: The Great Tea Race
It was the tea clippers, originally introduced by American shipbuilders in the 1830s, that opened up inter­national trade direct from Fujianese ports such as Fuzhou. The 19th-century seamen had ...