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[[image - aerial photo of Nantucket coast line]]
[[caption: Nantucket, at 5:07, is our last sight of land.]]

[[image - aerial photo of Portugal coast]]
[[caption: Nearing the Portuguese coast, a small ship is sighted.]]

[[image - photo taken in flight of underside of wing]]
[[caption: Flying at 8,000 ft. for best winds.]]

[[image - photo looking down on cloud layer]]
[[caption: When the sun rises at 5:35, Horta time, the Clipper is flying between layers of clouds.]]

[[image -: Photo of a bay along Portugal coast]]
[[caption: , we make landfall in Portugal. This is Cape Roca, westernmost point in Europe. The peak is Sintra, crowned by the castle of Portugal's kings.]]

[[image - photo of aisle separating sleeping births]]
[[caption: Looking aft from main lounge with all berths filled. Passengers got a sound and bumpless sleep.]]

[[image - aerial photo of Azores below two plane engines]]
[[caption: Minutes later we break through clouds and come out directly over the Azores, town at right is Horta, island's capital.]]

[[image - photo taken from plane after landing. Dock in background]]
[[caption: We land smoothly on the Tagus]]

[[image - aerial photo of the Tagus River]]
[[caption: Few minutes later the Clipper is over mouth of Tagus River. Down this river sailed the galleons of Prince Henry, the Navigator, to claim half of the known world. Lisbon is 17 miles upriver.]]