Very fast sailing ship of the 19th century

A fleet of opium clippers with other boats and rafts on the Ganges. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

The opium clippers / by Basil Lubbock.

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Clipper ships

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A fleet of opium clippers with other boats and rafts on the Ganges. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

The opium clippers / by Basil Lubbock.