The tea clippers Taeping (left) and Ariel (right) in The Great Tea Race of 1866, from China to London. After a passage of 14,000 miles the Taeping won, docking in London less than half an hour before the Ariel.

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The tea clippers Taeping (left) and Ariel (right) in The Great Tea Race of 1866, from China to London. After a passage of 14,000 miles the Taeping won, docking in London less than half an hour before the Ariel. After a work by British artist Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton, 1819-1891.

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