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clipper
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thumb|350px|bottom|right|Taeping (clipper)|Taeping, a tea clipper built in 1863 by [[Robert Steele & Company.]] A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the late 18th century.
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- sailing ship
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- Portrait of an American Clipper Ship.jpeg
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- Clipper ships
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- Category:Clippers
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Article · Português
O clipper é um tipo de veleiro mercante de grande porte muito veloz. O termo vem do verbo inglês to clip (avançar rapidamente). Esse navio mercante de grande porte foi utilizado pela primeira vez nos Estados Unidos da América ao final da Guerra de 1812.
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