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Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection

Prints of yachts who have competed in one of the oldest and best-known trophies in international sailing yacht competition

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America's Cup is one of the oldest and best-known trophies in international sailing yacht competition, predating the modern Olympic Games by 45 years. The trophy's roots date back to when a syndicate of businessmen from New York sailed the schooner America across the Atlantic Ocean for the World's Fair in England. The cup was originally awarded in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, which was won by the schooner America and subsequently became known as the America's Cup.

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Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Americas Cup Trials

Americas Cup Trials
From left to right, the Volunteer, the Mayflower and the Thistle during the selection trials for the Americas Cup sailing race, 16th September 1887

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Cutter Genesta fifth Americas Cup challenger

Cutter Genesta fifth Americas Cup challenger
The Genesta, unsuccessful challenger in the fifth Americas Cup sailing race, 1885 against the American defender Puritan.(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Shamrock IV Launching 1914

Shamrock IV Launching 1914
May 1914: Launching Shamrock IV, Britains challenge for the Americas Cup Yacht Race, at Portsmouth. Shamrock IV was a yacht owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: First Americas Cup

First Americas Cup
The America passes The Needles to win the One Hundred Guinea Cup race organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron around the Isle of Wight, 22nd August 1851

Antique illustration: America Cup route layout

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: British Cutter Arrow

British Cutter Arrow
The British cutter Arrow, owned by Mr Tankerville Chamberlayne, 1851. She weighs 118 tons. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Resolute Yacht In Buoy

Resolute Yacht In Buoy
July 1920: Yacht Resolute (in centre of life buoy on steamer Graham ) competing during the second race of the American Cup

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: American Winner - The yacht America

American Winner - The yacht America
The yacht America which won first won the trophy offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron, now known as the Americas Cup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Kings Cutter

Kings Cutter
28th May 1930: The Kings cutter Britannia during a special Solent Regatta of the Royal Thames Yacht Club arranged for the testing of Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger Shamrock V

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Shamrock V through the rigging

Shamrock V through the rigging
1930: Americas Cup Challenger, Shamrock V, through the rigging of another yacht, during trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Rival Defenders, Independence, Columbia and Constitution

Rival Defenders, Independence, Columbia and Constitution
circa 1880: Rival defenders of the America Cup (left to right): Independence, Columbia and Constitution during a race at Newport, Rhode Island, USA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Americas Cup Yacht Shamrock IV Overtakes Resolute 1920

Americas Cup Yacht Shamrock IV Overtakes Resolute 1920
Jul 1920: the Yacht Shamrock IV Overtakes Resolute during the Second Race in the Americas Cup Series. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Columbia And Shamrock

Columbia And Shamrock
The Columbia outstrips the Shamrock I to win the Americas Cup, October 1899. An engraving after Seppings Wright from Cassells Illustrated History of England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Puritan Yacht winner of the fifth Americas Cup sailing race, 1885

Puritan Yacht winner of the fifth Americas Cup sailing race, 1885
The yacht Puritan, winner of the fifth Americas Cup sailing race, 1885. Designed by Edward Burgess, she was built at the George Lawley & Son yard in Boston, Massachusetts and launched May 26

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Defender, victorious United States defender of the tenth Americas Cup in 1895

Defender, victorious United States defender of the tenth Americas Cup in 1895
The American sloop Defender wins the Americas Cup sailing race, September 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III. Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: American Sloop Volunteer

American Sloop Volunteer
The American sloop Volunteer, the victorious American defender of the seventh Americas Cup match that same year against Scottish challenger Thistle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Yacht Valkyrie III

Yacht Valkyrie III
The yacht Valkyrie III, the unsuccessful British challenger of the ninth Americas Cup race in 1895 against American defender Defender. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historic America's Cup Yacht Race Collection: Schooner Yacht Livonia

Schooner Yacht Livonia
The Livonia was the second unsuccessful challenger in the second Americas Cup sailing race, 1871. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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