Ships Wrecked and Dismasted at Sea.; Less of the Bark Byron from Charleston and Two of her Crew--Rescue of the Remainder by the Clipper Ship Alleghanian.

A new book by Sheringham-based artist Kenneth Grant charts a 20-year career painting ships ranging from the famous tea clipper the Cutty Sark, to the Ispolen, which was shipwrecked off the north ...

In “Barons of the Sea,” the nautical historian Steven Ujifusa chronicles another invention—the clipper ship—and the immense fortunes that both propelled and resulted from its development.

The American clipper ship, a technological marvel, established the trading relationship between China and the U.S. in the mid-19th century. In Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's ...