Opium Clipper - Opium Clipper

Japanese: オーピアム・クリッパー - おーぴあむくりっぱー
Opium Clipper - Opium Clipper

…The California Clipper was used to transport miners from the East around Cape Horn in South America during the Gold Rush that began in 1848. On the other hand, the Opium Clipper was a fast sailing ship used by British merchants to escape the Chinese authorities in the smuggling of opium along the coast of China, which rapidly expanded in the 1830s. Its prototype was the Aberdeen Clipper, modeled after the Baltimore Clipper and built in Aberdeen, Scotland. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Opium Clipper" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。 一方,1830年代に入って急膨張した中国沿岸におけるアヘン(阿片)の密貿易で,イギリス商人が中国官憲の手を逃れるために使った快速帆船がオーピアム・クリッパーである。原型はボルティモア・クリッパーに範を取り,スコットランドのアバディーンでつくられたアバディーン・クリッパーである。…

※「オーピアム・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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