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'The Prince of Wales' First Visit to the Colonies, 1860', (1901). Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910 future King Edward VII), visited Canada and the United States in 1860, the first tour of North America by a Prince of Wales. He watched Charles Blondin cross the Niagara Falls by highwire, and stayed at the White House in Washington DC. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]