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Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson review – the super-rich in a thrilling contest on the waves | History books | The Guardian
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Sea History 131 - Summer 2010 by National Maritime Historical Society & Sea History Magazine - Issuu
![The yachts "Vesta," "Henrietta," and "Fleetwing" begin their Atlantic Race off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, December 11, 1866, artist's impression. | House Divided The yachts "Vesta," "Henrietta," and "Fleetwing" begin their Atlantic Race off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, December 11, 1866, artist's impression. | House Divided](https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/default/files/HD_YachtRace1866-12H031.jpg)
The yachts "Vesta," "Henrietta," and "Fleetwing" begin their Atlantic Race off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, December 11, 1866, artist's impression. | House Divided
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Four-masted schooner BAINBRIDGE at anchor, Port Blakely, Washington, between 1900 and 1906 - Hester (Wilhelm) Photographs - University of Washington Digital Collections
![CdV Photo Sailing Ships Schooners Fleetwing Henrietta & Vesta By Brown & Wheeler | #1777499493 CdV Photo Sailing Ships Schooners Fleetwing Henrietta & Vesta By Brown & Wheeler | #1777499493](https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/360/0715/02/cdv-photo-sailing-ships-schooners_360_d05af77b5de82a6db0d8602250f81d31.jpg)
CdV Photo Sailing Ships Schooners Fleetwing Henrietta & Vesta By Brown & Wheeler | #1777499493
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Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. The Great Ocean Yacht Race between the "Henrietta", "Fleetwing" & "Vesta Stock Photo - Alamy
Mauritz Frederick Hendrick de Haas | Great Ocean Race between the Henrietta Fleetwing and Vesta (66) | MutualArt
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Vesta Off The Needles by James E. Buttersworth Print and Painting from Beverly A Mitchell American Art Gallery.
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vesta henrietta fleetwing the american yachts saluting her majesty off osborne house 1867 Stock Photo - Alamy
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The Great Ocean Yacht Race Between the Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta… . | Yale University Art Gallery
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