View From The Bow of The Godspeed at the Jamestown Settlement
The 40-ton Godspeed was a fully rigged ship estimated to have been 68 feet in length. As part of the original fleet to Virginia, leaving on December 20, 1606, she carried 39 passengers, all male, and 13 sailors. The route included a stop in the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico and, with better wind, would have taken about two months to traverse; instead, the voyage lasted 144 days.
On June 22, 1607 she sailed back for London with Susan Constant and Godspeed carrying a load of supposedly precious minerals, leaving behind the 104 colonists and Discovery
View From The Bow of The Godspeed at the Jamestown Settlement
The 40-ton Godspeed was a fully rigged ship estimated to have been 68 feet in length. As part of the original fleet to Virginia, leaving on December 20, 1606, she carried 39 passengers, all male, and 13 sailors. The route included a stop in the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico and, with better wind, would have taken about two months to traverse; instead, the voyage lasted 144 days.
On June 22, 1607 she sailed back for London with Susan Constant and Godspeed carrying a load of supposedly precious minerals, leaving behind the 104 colonists and Discovery