Cape of Good Hope
Books
- Ninety-Nine Days The Great Tea Race of 1866 and the End of the Clipper Era · Liszt Think
In May 1866, five clippers departed Foochow within three days, chasing a lucrative premium for the first new-season tea to reach London.
- The Premium and the Min River…oon was a gauntlet of storms and headwinds. The Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java, offered a narrow passage into the Indian Ocean. The Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa, was a notorious obstacle even in fair weather. The North Atlantic, with its variable winds and its approach…
- The Logbook’s First Page…would have to navigate the Anambas and Natuna islands, thread the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, cross the Indian Ocean, round the Cape of Good Hope, and beat north through the Atlantic. The lead that Fiery Cross established in the first week would be challenged, lost, and regained. The…
- Tea, Salt, and Men…away. In the meantime, the ships sailed. They sailed through the China Sea, through the Sunda Strait, through the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and up the Atlantic. They sailed through calms and storms. They sailed through days of boredom and nights of danger. They sailed with a mi…