从18世纪80年代第一艘美国商船驶往远东获取巨大利润开始,美国商人们怀着强烈的冒险精神积极投入到远东贸易中。早期的美国商人,多是凭借着坚韧的意志和简易的小型帆船在汹涌波涛中艰难地进行航行,他们绕过南非好望角,跨越印度洋,最终到达中国广州;通过贩卖毛皮,并在航线途中的欧洲、毛里西亚、印度进行辗转贸易来获取高额利润,但市场变动、海难事故也使早期的贸易充满了风险。直到19世纪30年代,大商号掌握了大多数贸易,早期冒险式的远东贸易也逐渐成为历史。 From the very beginning of the first U.S. merchant shipping to the Far East in the 1880s to make huge profits, American businessmen actively engaged in the Far East trade with a strong sense of adventure. Early American businessmen, most of whom were struggling to make their way through turbulent waves by their tenacity and simple small sailboat, crossed the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean and finally arrived in Guangzhou, China. They sold their flesh and traveled Europe , Mauritania and India for a long time to obtain high profits. However, the market changes and the shipwreck caused the early trade to be full of risks. It was not until the 1830s that the major firms mastered most of the trade and the early adventitious Far East trade gradually became history.