Wool Clipper

Japanese: ウール・クリッパー - うーるくりっぱー
Wool Clipper

…However, the Suez Canal, which was opened around the same time, opened the way for steamships to transport tea to China, and the tea clipper quickly fell into decline. The sailing ships that were called wool clippers turned to the Australian route, where it was difficult for steamships to refuel, and carried wool. The Australian route was often subject to rough weather, so safety came to be valued over speed, but they were eventually overtaken by steamships, and by the end of the 19th century they had disappeared. …

From 【Transportation】

…This is because sailing ship technology made remarkable advances in order to win naval battles for supremacy on the seas from the 17th to the 18th centuries. Fast sailing ships that transported Chinese tea and Australian wool to European and American markets as quickly as possible were called tea clippers and wool clippers, respectively. The word “clipper,” which means “to shorten time as if cutting off with scissors,” well reflects the nature of mobility, in which the shorter the transportation time, the better. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "wool clippers" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,同じころ開通したスエズ運河によって汽船での中国茶航路が開かれたため,ティー・クリッパーは急速に衰退した。汽船では燃料補給が困難だったオーストラリア航路に転進した帆船は,羊毛を運んでウール・クリッパーと呼ばれた。オーストラリア航路では荒天が多く,速力より安全性を重んじるようになったが,やがて汽船にその地位を奪われ,19世紀末までに姿を消した。…

【交通】より

…17世紀から18世紀にかけて海上で覇権を争う海戦に勝利を得るため,帆船技術が著しく進歩したからである。中国の茶,オーストラリアの羊毛を欧米の市場にできるだけ早く運ぶ快速帆船は,それぞれティー・クリッパー,ウール・クリッパーと呼ばれた。〈時間をはさみで切り落とすように短縮する〉という意味の〈クリッパーclipper〉には,輸送にかかる時間はできるだけ少ないほうがよいというモビリティの性格がよく表れている。…

※「ウール・クリッパー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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