The New York Schooner Yacht America Commodore J C Stevens Sailing The Great Match With The English

by Artist Lithographer J Hanson Nagel Weingaertner Printers Or Hansen

$3,850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

The first America's Cup: a rare hand coloured lithographed view of the winning yacht which gave its name to the cup. In 1851, the Royal Yacht Squadron proposed a race around the Isle of Wight. A group of New York Yacht Club members, led by Commodore John Cox Stevens, built a yacht designed to compete in such races. Designed by Steers and Co. and captained by Richard Brown, the yacht America would win the race by eighteen minutes, giving its name to one of the oldest and

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