About this title: Captain Andrew Shewan (1849-1927) was the last-surviving tea-clipper captain, and in his 70s set down his experiences in "The Great Days of Sail", his only book, published in the year he died. Brought up in Blackwall, his knowledge of the clippers was gathered from first-hand experience. At the age of 23, he was appointed captain of his first clipper, racing from ports in China with the new season's cargo of tea, and he went on to experience life on board almost every one of the British clippers he mentions, and raced with many of them on the High Seas. He, his father and grandfather before ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
Date Published: 2003-07
ISBN-13:9780851776996ISBN:085177699X
Description: Like New. Like new hardcover with DJ. Dust jacket shows very minor shelf wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press, London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780851776996ISBN:085177699X
Description: Some Reminiscences of a Tea-Clipper Captain. 240pp, 16 illustrations, DJ. "Conway Classics" reprint of the 1927 edition. Edited by Rex Clements. Captain of his own clipper ship by age 23, Shewan describes his adventures racing home to England with valuable cargoes of tea from China. Very good. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Cloth, Gilt Lettering.
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press, London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780851776996ISBN:085177699X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Pp: 240. Despite the seventeen illustrations listed on the 'Illustrations' page this edition appears to have been published without the illustrations. Index. The author captained his first tea-clipper at the age of twenty-three in 1872. He went on to sail on most of the ships mentioned in the book. Originally published in 1927. read more
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