Flying Cloud

“Details the record-breaking 1851 New York-to-San Francisco voyages of the clipper ship Flying Cloud , focusing on its navigator, Eleanor Creesy.” — Library Journal In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud , traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Illustrated with original maps and charts as well as historical photographs, Shaw’s com