Before revision: upright=1.5|The clipper route, followed by ships sailing between England and Australia or New Zealand
After revision: 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.upright=1.5|The clipper route, followed by ships sailing between England and Australia or New Zealand