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Cunard Le Bateau Plaisir Du Voyage #1213243

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Cunard   Le Bateau Plaisir Du Voyage #1213243
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Linen backed, large advertising poster for the famous Cunard cruise line

Cunard had its beginnings in 1838 when Canadian shipping magnate Samuel Cunard, along with engineer Robert Napier, and businessmen James Donaldson, Sir George Burns, and David MacIver formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company successfully bid on the rights to a transatlantic mail shipping contract between England and America. (Winning this entitled them to use the RMS, or Royal Mail Ship, identifier as part of their vessel's names.) Later, the company would change its name to Cunard Steamships Limited.
A captain waves aboard a Cunard Line vessel in 1901.
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A captain waves aboard a Cunard Line vessel in 1901.

In May 1840 the 648 gross ton coastal paddle steamer SS Unicorn, the company's first steamship, made the company's first transatlantic trip. Under the direction of Captain Douglas and at an average speed of 8 knots, she carried twenty-four passengers, including Edward Cunard ( Samuel Cunard's son) on a trip lasting fourteen days.[1] However, regular passenger and cargo service by steamship was inaugurated by the paddle steamer Britannia, the first ship commissioned by the company. On July 4 1840, she sailed from Liverpool to Halifax, then Boston on a trip lasting fourteen days, eight hours.

Cunard faced many competitors from Britain, the United States and Germany but survived them all. This was mainly due to a great focus on ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Mint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:see description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:40.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:26</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Cunard Le Bateau Plaisir Du Voyage</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Lithograph</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Lithograph</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Lithograph</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Brooklyn, New York</td></tr>
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