What Is the Clipper Route?

Short answer: The main route used by clipper ships on the long routes from Europe to East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Clippers like all sailing ships were dependent on wind patterns to reach their destination. The clipper route was the zenith of the development of sailing ship routes to go around the globe.

The clipper route was developed from the Dutch Brouwer route developed in the early 16-hundreds as a fast route between the Netherlands and Indonesia. This route cut the voyage from 12 months on the Portuguese monsoon routes to just 6 months. A massive improvement in travel time.

The clipper route only became trully usefull with the development of longtitudes to tell the crew when to head north in order to reach the right destination as the Roaring Forties lack any features to navigate by.

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