Chinaman (ship)
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A Chinaman was a ship engaged in the Old China Trade
, in the 18th and 19th centuries, by analogy with East Indiaman.
Old China Trade
The Old China Trade was the name given to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 to the Treaty of Wanghsia in 1844...
, in the 18th and 19th centuries, by analogy with East Indiaman.
See also
- Chinaman (disambiguation)
- Empress of ChinaEmpress of China (1783)The Empress of China was a three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship, initially built in 1783 for service as a privateer. After the Treaty of Paris brought a formal end to the American Revolutionary War, the vessel was refitted for commercial purposes...
, an early American full-rigged ship in the Old China TradeOld China TradeThe Old China Trade was the name given to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 to the Treaty of Wanghsia in 1844...