Image: The Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, in 1866. The Tea Clippers lined up awaiting their cargo. Pictured L to R - The 'Black Prince', 'Fiery Cross', 'Taitsing', 'Taeping', and 'Flying Spur'. PRG-1373-4-67 (cropped and title corrected)

Description: The composite ships 'Black Prince' (1), 751 tons. [composite ship, 751 tons. ON48501. 185.0 x 32.0 x 19.0. Built 1863 (8) A. Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: Charles L. Norman, registered London, later W. Inglis. Drops from the register before 1887.] 'Taeping' annotated as Peking (3), 767 tons, 'Ariel' (4), 853 tons, and the wooden ships 'Fiery Cross' (2), 888 tons, 'Flying Spur' (5), 735 tons, at Foochow. Some of the ships known as the Tea Clippers and China Traders. This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons Description on page 128 of Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail: Races and Rivalries on the ... By Sam Jefferson: The Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, in 1866. The Tea Clippers lined up awaiting their cargo. Pictured left to right: The 'Black Prince', 'Fiery Cross', the 'Taitsing', 'Taeping', and the 'Flying Spur'. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gH3uAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA228&lpg See talk page for rationale
Title: The Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, in 1866. The Tea Clippers lined up awaiting their cargo. Pictured L to R - The 'Black Prince', 'Fiery Cross', 'Taitsing', 'Taeping', and 'Flying Spur'. PRG-1373-4-67 (cropped and title corrected)
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