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A Cruise in an Opium Clipper

A Cruise in an Opium Clipper

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Number of Chapters: 14

Length: 05 hours and 06 minutes

Language: English

Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan to foreigners in 1858, serving as a dispatch boat between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa…. The Eamont was sent on some very dangerous trips. She was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa, and made the first survey of the port of Taku, which she entered by bumping over the reef in spite of a tremendous surf beating upon it at the time, a most daring performance. And in her efforts to trade with the Formosans she had to withstand the attack of hundreds of armed natives right on top of a typhoon, which she succeeded in riding out on her moorings. But the captain of the Eamont was a famous fighting man, as the Chinese pirates knew to their cost…. The Eamont was also employed in the negotiations for the first commercial treaty with Japan. (See Wikipedia article on Eamont (schooner)) - Summary by Wikipedia and david wales

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Chapters 1-4 (David Wales)
Chapters 5-8 (David Wales)
Chapters 9-11 (David Wales)
Chapters 12-14 (David Wales)
Chapters 15-17 (David Wales)
Chapters 18-21 (David Wales)
Chapters 22-24 (David Wales)
Chapters 25-27 (David Wales)
Chapters 28-30 (David Wales)
Chapters 31-33 (David Wales)
Chapters 34-36 (David Wales)
Chapters 37-39 (David Wales)
Chapters 40-42 (David Wales)
Chapters 43-45 (David Wales)
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