Aspects of the Trade Between China and America, 1840–1870

Very little, apparently, has been written on the China trade during the three decades from 1840 to 1870. But, in reality, these years constitute one of the most picturesque and glamorous eras in the annals of the Eastern trade. As a result of the growing demand for a more speedy delivery of tea, especially, from China, the “Clipper Ship” period began about 1843; and, gaining impetus through the discovery of gold in California in 1849 and in Australia in 1859, it ended, approximately, with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. During those years, our merchants and sea captains vied with each other in building fast ships of which the Houqua, the Samuel Russell, the Oriental, and the Sea Witch were the pioneers of a numerous fleet. So much activity in shipbuilding would naturally imply an active and growing trade to make use of these fast carriers

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• Financing a Steam-Navigation Company in China, 1861–62

  Open Access•Kwang-Ching Liu•The Business History Review•1954

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• The Clipper Ship Era

  Robin E Dodge, Arthur Hamilton Clark•Bulletin of the American…•1911

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