THE MAYFLOWER SETS SAIL FOR THE NEW WORLD—The barque Mayflower 11, replica of the Pilgrim Fathers’ seventeenth century ship, spreads her sails off Plymouth, Devon, at the start of her Atlantic voyage. Her master, Commander Alan Villiers, hopes to reach Plymouth, Massachusetts, within six weeks. The photograph on the right shows members of the crew wearing period dress. The Mayflower II is a 183-ton wooden vessel built at a cost of £l00,000. She is a gift from the people of Britain to the United States.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 9
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85THE MAYFLOWER SETS SAIL FOR THE NEW WORLD—The barque Mayflower 11, replica of the Pilgrim Fathers’ seventeenth century ship, spreads her sails off Plymouth, Devon, at the start of her Atlantic voyage. Her master, Commander Alan Villiers, hopes to reach Plymouth, Massachusetts, within six weeks. The photograph on the right shows members of the crew wearing period dress. The Mayflower II is a 183-ton wooden vessel built at a cost of £l00,000. She is a gift from the people of Britain to the United States. Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 9
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