Before revision: upright=1.5|The clipper route, followed by ships sailing between England and Australia or New Zealand In the Age of Sail, the Brouwer Route , devised by the Dutch navigator Hendrik Brouwer in 1611, greatly reduced the voyage between Cape of Good Hope (Dutch Cape Colony) to Java ( Dutch East Indies ) from almost 12 months to about 6 months, compared to the previous Arab and Portuguese monsoon route.
After revision: upright=1.5|The clipper route, followed by ships sailing between Europe and Australia or New Zealand In the Age of Sail, the Brouwer Route reduced the time of a voyage from The Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies from almost 12 months to about