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Originally Posted by taddy
I think that the Tea Clippers like the Cutty Sark and the (Thermopylia), I will stand to be corrected on the spelling of the second one; came much later, I shall have to research it. it will be something to do during lockdown.
Stay Home, Stay Happy, carry on posting. Regards, Mr Hob/gob.
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Taddy here is some learning for you.
The Dutch East India company was founded in 1602.
This was just as Charles II wife(Catherine de Braganza) popularised tea drinking among the rich and famous.
The dutch East india Company based much of their trade on the importation of tea into europe in the early part of the 1600's because it was a lucrative trade.
They also traded in other items such as psices and took Europeans out to colonise India and the East.
This is seriously off topic, but far more interesting.