Title: Greyhounds of the sea :
Authors: Cutler, Carl C.,; Cutler, Carl C.,; Cutler, Carl C.,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Physical description: 688 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: Colonial conditions -- The young republic -- Democracy afloat -- The early Federalist period -- Fast ships and the War of 1812 -- New transportation problems -- The "railroad route" to Europe -- Sailing records after 1815 -- Speed to China -- The Baltimore Clipper -- Evolution and influence of the Packet -- The New China Packets, 1840-1845 -- The Clipper Packets, 1845-1846 -- Boom days in America, 1847-1849 -- 'Round Cape Horn, 1849 -- The first California Clippers, 1850 -- The British Tea Trade, 1850 -- Fast California passages, 1851 -- Flying Cloud and Challenge, 1851 -- Oriental trade expansion, 1851 -- Australian gold, 1851 -- California races, 1852 -- New China records, 1852 -- A deep sea derby, 1852-3 -- Flood tide, 1853 -- Ominous signs, 1853 -- Commercial depression, 1854 -- Liquidation begins, 1855 -- Lengthening shadows, 1856 -- Commercial panic and civil strife, 1857 -- Renewing the contest, 1858 -- Last great voyages, 1859 -- APPENDICES: Five hundred sailing records of American built ships -- Ship measurements, etc. -- List of 139 voyages made by ships reported American, in the China-to-England trade between 1850 to 1860, inclusive -- California voyages -- Flying Cloud, Josiah P. Cressy, from New York to San Francisco, 1851 -- Abstrack of a Voyage from New York towards San Francisco with remarks on the weather, etc. -- Ship and sail plans from original models and plans.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Clipper ships--United States--History.; Merchant marine--United States--History--19th century.