McKim, A.

Japanese: McKim,A.(英語表記)McKimA
McKim, A.

...The condition for a smuggling ship was that it had to be a fast ship that would not be caught by government patrol ships, but the performance of a sailing ship modeled after a yacht, built by Dutch immigrants in Baltimore, was particularly excellent, so it was called the Baltimore Clipper, and that is how the name clipper came about. The first full-scale ocean-going clipper was the Ann McKim, built in Baltimore in 1833. During the Gold Rush that began in 1848, the California Clipper transported miners from the East around Cape Horn in South America. ...

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Japanese:

…政府監視船に捕まらないような快速船であることが密輸船としての条件だったが,ボルティモアのオランダ系移民がヨットを模してつくった帆船の性能が特に優れていたので,これをボルティモア・クリッパーと呼んだのがクリッパーという名称の起りである。本格的な航洋クリッパーは1833年にボルティモアで建造されたアン・マッキムAnn McKimが最初だという。48年に始まるゴールドラッシュで,東部からの採掘者を南アメリカのホーン岬回りで運んだのがカリフォルニア・クリッパーである。…

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