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145 pages : 22 cm History of the clipper, from the launching of Donald Mckay's first design in 1846 to the final victory of steam over sail. A portrayal of the era when no man was a real sailor until he had rounded Cape Horn, and when ships raced one another to the Orient to capture the tea trade Originally published in 1969 under title: Eighty days to Hong Kong
- Author
- Basil Heatter
- Publisher
- New York: Barnes & Noble Books
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780760700082
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