| Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
4853 | | Details | Hampton Yacht Club | 1941 |
Hampton Yacht Club Regatta Cyanotype Map |
Hampton Yacht Club |
1941 |
LOC:13 |
| $250.00 | Hampton-Yacht-Club | Hampton-Yacht-Club-Regatta-Cyanotype-Map | Unusual self-published cyanotype (blueprint) course map of the Hampton Yacht Club 14th Annual Regatta July 5 and 6 at Hampton, Virginia, complete with a sketch of an undulating sea serpent (rarely found on a cyanotype) and another small cartoon at the Hampton Bar. The course chart shows the coast outline with the offshore one-fathom line and the beacons and buoys marking the course.
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This pre-war cartographic artifact is sold with two included documents:
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<li>A printed summary of the Regatta's sailing event with notes on prizes, courses, starting signals, rules for resolving protests, and a schedule of sailing events. For a map of the course the summary states: "See chart no. 400 and blueprint copies of part of the same which will be available at the clubhouse."</li>
<li> A one-page type-written set of Racing Rules for Warwick One Design Dinghies.</li>
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</div>Top left corner "H.K.S. 7/3/41" |