{"product_id":"chile-1941-richardson-pan-american-highway-expedition-cover-cape-horn-to-england-with-six-signatures","title":"Chile 1941 Richardson Pan American Highway Expedition Cover, Cape Horn to England with Six Signatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eComemmorative cover from the final stop in this landmark expedition to traverse the American continent from Detroit to Tierra del Fuego. To quote Jim Benjaminson (who later tracked down the whereabouts of the vehicle):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e“The Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition is perhaps one of the greatest automotive stones of all time. In scope and magnitude it surpasses those pioneer automobilists that first crossed the United States at the turn of the century. The Richardson Expedition crossed not only this country but encompassed the area spanning two continents-crossing trackless wilderness, endless mud, uncharted territory and obstacles of every sort that Mother Nature could throw against them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eThe men of the expedition, Sullivan C. Richardson, Arnold Whitaker and Kenneth C. Van Hee were many times called “Three Damn Fools” by friends and foes alike. It is a title that was perhaps fitting, considering the almost insurmountable odds against their succeeding -but succeed they did -and now that title is worn proudly- The Richardson Pan American Highway Expedition was perhaps the last great automotive adventure undertaken on the face of this earth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eSigned by the three expedition members, the Comandante of the Chilean Navy, the Captain of the naval tender Galvarino and the American Vice Consul on the reverse. Tied by Scott 214, $1.80 Founding of Santiago. As written by Sullivan Richardson, the expedition leader:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\"Later that night, in the tiny sale of the Galvarino, we brought out a number of expedition envelopes, which we intended to mail back to the States upon our arrival again in Magallanes. Cornerwise across them, we typed: \"This envelope carried around Cape Horn August 19, 1941, at 3:00 P.M. by the Chilean Naval Tender 'Galvarino,' Wind, S.W. 7. seas heavy.\" Beneath that, the Commander of the Galvarino put his official stamp and signed each one in ink. Later at Magallanes, Comandante Arroyo did the same. It was official proof that we had \"filled to the letter, the slogan of the Expedition: we had gone “From Detroit to Cape Horn!\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Classic Latin America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46563928146114,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/5481\/1586\/files\/Source72_20260113_0001.jpg?v=1768338524","url":"https:\/\/store.classiclatinamerica.com\/products\/chile-1941-richardson-pan-american-highway-expedition-cover-cape-horn-to-england-with-six-signatures","provider":"Classic Latin America","version":"1.0","type":"link"}