ATLANTIC ROWER.—The 31-year-old British bachelor, John Fairfax, became the first man to row the Atlantic Ocean alone when he pulled ashore at Hollywood Beach, Florida, at the end of a sixmonth, 4000-mile sea journey from the Canary Islands. He is shown waring from his boat Britannia as he lands at Hollywood Beach.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32049, 25 July 1969, Page 13
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52ATLANTIC ROWER.—The 31-year-old British bachelor, John Fairfax, became the first man to row the Atlantic Ocean alone when he pulled ashore at Hollywood Beach, Florida, at the end of a sixmonth, 4000-mile sea journey from the Canary Islands. He is shown waring from his boat Britannia as he lands at Hollywood Beach. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32049, 25 July 1969, Page 13
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