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Historic Jamestowne (II)
September 8, 2007
Hours: TBA

The 2007 reenactment of John Smith's 1608 voyage will come to a close at 11:00am, September 8th when the John Smith shallop and her crew return to Historic Jamestowne after 120 days traveling the Chesapeake. The shallop's arrival will be followed by a short ceremony and reception. In the afternoon, the shallop will be hauled out of the water and placed on a trailer at the Jamestown Marina in advance of its return to its home port of Chestertown.

 

        

 

On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River, 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. In a little over a months' time, the newcomers managed to "beare and plant palisadoes" enough to build a wooden fort. It was from this site that Captain John Smith, one of the founding council members of the Jamestowne settlement and fourteen English colonists set out in a 30-foot open boat or "shallop" to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay on a three-month journey that would cover over 1,700 miles. View John Smith's original map