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John Jacob Astor IV

The St. Regis Maldives Wants to Take You Yachting

The St. Regis Maldives Wants to Take You Yachting

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In 1884, real estate magnate John Jacob Astor IV purchased what was then the largest yacht in the world. He named it Nourmahal—shortened to Norma—after the heroine in a Thomas Moore poem; he eventually passed it down to his son, and later it was loaned to the U.S. Navy during World War I. In honor […]