Follow the Mayflower - the iconic ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World

One of the most famous journeys from England to Virginia was the Mayflower.

The ship became a symbol of the search for a new life and pilgrimage to the New World in the 17th century, the Mayflower The origins of the ship are uncertain, but it is known that the ship was purchased by Christopher Jones and his business partners around 1607.

The ship's first voyage was in 1609.

The destination is Trondheim, Norway.

It was hired by Andrew Palin to transport goods from London to Norway.

The crew was also ordered to buy tar, fish, and timber to take back to England.

Unfortunately, the crew lost much of their cargo during a storm.

In this case, The Mayflower traveled to France, Spain and Germany for the same purpose.

The Mayflower was a classical merchant ship built in the 17th century.

It was square, bird-shaped With its mouth bent, it can carry 180 tons of cargo.

It is approximately 100 feet (30.

5 meters) long and 25 feet (7.5 meters) wide at its widest point. Five The Moonflower was not built to sail the seas, nor did it sail well against the wind.

But in May 1620, when Jones and his crew were returning from Bordeaux, France, they were hired to carry out a A special voyage... In September 1620, the Mayflower began its legendary journey from Plymouth to the New World.

In addition to a crew of about 30 people, there were 102 passengers on board.

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The Pilgrims paid Jones to take them to northern Virginia.

At the time, Jones was a 50-year-old man from Essex, England.

He was A seafaring veteran who valued money and freedom.

He appreciated his lifestyle as a sailor and did not view his travels to Virginia as just another job, typical of a businessman of the period. A model illustrating the cramped conditions that had to be endured.

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0) The men, women, children and animals on board the Mayflower are the same as those in North America Others who crossed the Atlantic during the colonial period faced the same difficulties.

Jones had never been to the New World before, but some of his colleagues, such as Robert Copping or John Clark (the first mates) had before There.

The passengers were unprepared for the cold and other weather conditions, and they fell ill with tuberculosis, pneumonia, and scurvy.

Only 53 survived, and five The Moonflower arrived in the New World just weeks after leaving England.

The crew reported sighting land on November 9, 1620, in the area currently known as Cape Cod.

< p> The ship returned to England in April 1621.

It left behind a group of people who would create some of the iconic symbols of the future United States of America.

1620 On November 11, the Mayflower arrived at "Fish Hook, Cape Cod" (Satellite photo, 1997) (Public Domain), where the Pilgrims established the Plymouth Colony with the support of a treaty signed in 1620.

It is the main legal document confirming the arrival and establishment of the new colonies in New England. The text of the Mayflower Compact was published on November 11, 1620, but it was named the Mayflower Compact in 1793. .

Written by the new residents of the new state of Virginia, this document became the basis for the future Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States.

The document states:, The Mayflower Compact of 1620 was signed by Created by Jean-Leon Gerome Ferris in 1899.

(Public *** Territory) People arriving in Northern Virginia also built the Church of England, the only legal church in 17th-century England.

< p> In 1621, the Plymouth colonists celebrated Thanksgiving, a harvest festival, and after a good growing season, Jones died in 1622 of a mysterious disease he contracted in the New World.

He and his ship were in France when Death found him.

The Mayflower spent the next two years awaiting a new fate.

However, It was considered an old ship with no use and so was destroyed or rebuilt into a new ship.

However, the legend of the Mayflower had become so powerful that the British built a new one with the same name. Ship.

In 1629 it brought 35 passengers from London to Plymouth Colony and carried passengers between the two continents until 1642.

American Pilgrim Journey 1608 In 2020, the passengers of the Mayflower had the greatest impact on the new society and opened a new chapter in history.

(Public *** Domain), in 2020, the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will commemorate The 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's famous voyage.

The countries have planned a project called Mayflower 400, which will offer a series of events in specific places around the world and online.< /p>

The goal of the project is to share heritage, education, culture, arts, science, etc. between countries and continents.

A major part of the celebration is the reunion with the descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims Related.

The Mayflower Reunion is the result of the work of members of the General Association of Mayflower Descendants who researched and were able to identify people related to 23 families who arrived on the Mayflower.

Feature image: The Mayflower, 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts.