Clipper-ships racing from China to London in the English Channel, September 5, 1866, artist's impression.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 27, 1866, p. 92.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 27, 1866, p. 92.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 6, 1866, p. 40.
Cropped and enlarged from the fuller and larger image, also available here.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 6, 1866, p. 40.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 6, 1866, p. 44.
Cropped and enlarged from the fuller image, also available here.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 6, 1866, p. 44.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 27, 1866, p. 89.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 27, 1866, p. 88.
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Collection, Library of Congress
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Collection, Library of Congress
The well-know American clipper Hornet had burned in the Pacific on May 3, 1866 leaving the 31 of her passengers and crew in three open boats thousands of miles from land. Two boats were seperated and never heard from again but Captain Josiah Mitchell's boat with fourteen men aboard embarked on an epic 4000 miles voyage and made landfall in Hawaii after forty-three days at sea, without the loss of a single man. (By John Osborne)