First permanent English settlement in the Americas

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The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

December 20 1606


Map in Marker in Puerto Rico which traces the routes taken by the Godspeed, Susan Constant and the Discovery

Virginia Company of London sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The expedition consisted of three ships, the Susan Constant (sometimes known as the Sarah Constant), the Godspeed, and the Discovery.  The Discovery was the smallest ship; the largest ship, the Susan Constant, was captained by Christopher Newport.  The ships left Blackwall, now part of London, with 104 men and boys and 39 crew-members.


John Smith's map of Virginia, ca. 1609.


More here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jamestown,_Virginia_%281607%E2%80%9399%29