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The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
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Susan Constant
Ship of the English Virginia Company
Susan Constant was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company on the 1606–1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Christopher Newport, she was joined by the Discovery and Godspeed.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Godspeed (ship)
Ship of the English Virginia Company
Godspeed was one of the three ships on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Bartholomew Gosnold, she was joined by the Susan Constant and Discovery…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Discovery (1602 ship)
Ship of the English Virginia Company
Discovery was a small 20-ton, 38-foot (12 m) long "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. It was one of the three ships on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jamestown, Virginia
Town and fort established in the Virginia Colony
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. It was established by the London Company as "James…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Thirteen Colonies
British colonies forming the United States
The Thirteen Colonies were the English colonies and later British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined to form the United States of America.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 19
Day of the year
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