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Captain Christopher Newport leads three ships carrying 105 male settlers across the Atlantic. In May, they establish Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Paspahegh ...
On December 20, 1606, the Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant set sail from Blackwall, England, to establish an English colony in the mysterious New World. These ships and their roughly 150 ...
A close-up view of James Fort in the Zuñiga Map superimposed on an aerial view of Jamestown today. he 1608 church was uncovered in the approximate location of the “X” in 2010.
Saturday at the settlement, visitors will commemorate the 418th anniversary of the May 14, 1607, founding of Jamestown with a variety of programs, including artillery salutes, musket demonstrations… ...
DNA analysis of two skeletons from unmarked graves in a Jamestown church uncovered both men were related to Thomas West, the colony’s first governor, a study found.
The Settlement of Jamestown. Share full article. Jan. 19, 1901. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 19, 1901, Section T, Page 13 Buy Reprints.