Triumphant America
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Author, Unknown) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Triumphant America: Episodes of the Nineteenth Century "Say, Signal Master, are the yachts in sight?" "Yes, may it please your Majesty." "Which is first?" "The America." "Which is second?" "Ah! your Majesty, there is no second." The late General Benjamin F. Butler, who came into possession of the yacht America and in whose family she still remains, is authority for the above stated dialogue said to have taken place between Queen Victoria and the signal master upon the occasion of the International race in English waters, in 1851. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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