A Cruise in an Opium Clipper: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Cruise in an Opium Clipper by Lindsay Anderson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 14 original MP3 tracks, 5:06:04 running time and a link to listen.
A Cruise in an Opium Clipper, credited to Lindsay Anderson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Cruise in an Opium Clipper by Lindsay Anderson. Read in English by David Wales. Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan to foreigners in 1858, serving as a dispatch boat between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa…. The Eamont was sent on some very dangerous trips. She was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa, and made the first survey of the port of Taku, which she entered by bumping over the reef in spite of a tremendous surf beating upon it at the time, a most daring performance. And in her efforts to trade with the Formosans she had to withstand the attack of hundreds of armed natives right on top of a typhoon, which she succeeded in riding out on her moorings. But the captain of the Eamont was a famous fighting man, as the Chinese pirates knew to their cost…. The Eamont was also employed in the negotiations for the first commercial treaty with Japan. (See the Wikipedia article on Eamont (schooner)) - Summary by wikipedia and david wales
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Cruise in an Opium Clipper
- Author credits: Lindsay Anderson
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 14
- Listed recording duration: 5:06:04
Catalogue topics
- Taiwan
- nineteenth century
- typhoon
- opium trade
- sea voyage
- eamont
- western pacific
- china sea
Track guide
- 01 - Chapters 1-4 — 19:44
- 02 - Chapters 5-8 — 27:34
- 03 - Chapters 9-11 — 22:37
- 04 - Chapters 12-14 — 23:16
- 05 - Chapters 15-17 — 29:21
- 06 - Chapters 18-21 — 26:12
- 07 - Chapters 22-24 — 19:23
- 08 - Chapters 25-27 — 20:46
- 09 - Chapters 28-30 — 19:54
- 10 - Chapters 31-33 — 21:04
- 11 - Chapters 34-36 — 20:25
- 12 - Chapters 37-39 — 20:05
- 13 - Chapters 40-42 — 19:00
- 14 - Chapters 43-45 — 16:43
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