Visit the real thing at historic jamestowne, explore the actual location and active archaeological dig, jamestown rediscovery, home of the first successful english settlement.
In 1607, 104 english men and boys arrived in north america to start a settlement.
On may 13 they picked jamestown, virginia for their settlement, which was named after their king, james i.
You'll learn about the virginia indians who occupied the landscape for centuries, the arrival of english colonists to jamestown in 1607 and the first documented arrival of west central.
The virginia company sailed from england to try and establish the first permanent english colony in the new world.
Their instructions were to settle virginia, find gold and a water route to the.
The jamestown records of the virginia company of london trace the activities of the english settlers who founded the jamestown colony in the tidewater area of chesapeake bay.
Despite the dispatch of more supplies, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 1609–1610 starving time.
In mid-1610, the survivors abandoned jamestown, though they returned after.