Directions

 

Local Partners:

Explore Hampton

 

City of Hampton

Virtual Voyage

2007 Voyage Main Page

Hampton, Virginia
April 28 & 29, 2007
Hours: Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Hours: Sunday, 11am - 6pm

The John Smith shallop will arrive with a number of tall ships between 12pm and 3pm on April 28th at Hampton’s Downtown Waterfront during the Explore Hampton 2007 festival.  During her stay in Hampton, the shallop will also take part in the April 29th first landing reenactment on the shores of the Hampton VA Medical Center near the First Landing Monument at 3pm.  Admission to all events is free.

 

 


 

 

 

When the English settlers arrived on the Virginia Peninsula, the area now known as Hampton was the site of an Indian village, Kecoughtan. Documented by Sir Christopher Newport during the first journey up the James River, Kecoughtan, a large and well-populated community under the power of the chief Powhatan, became a regular stop for early travelers on the "Powhatan Flu".
 View John Smith's original map