Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier Size:L: 75 x 60cm in command of HMS 'Amazon'

in command of HMS 'Amazon'

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Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier Size:L: 75 x 60cm in command of HMS 'Amazon'Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier, c1849 (1955). It was through Field's (1819 1892) suggestion and financial aid that the first Atlantic cable was laid. He later became a prominent promoter of New York's elevated railroad and owner of two newspapers. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.