The struggles of Jamestown in the early 1600s
Clip: Season 14 Episode 4 | 3m 1s
In the summer of 1609, a fleet of English ships sails across the Atlantic for Jamestown.
In the summer of 1609, a fleet of English ships sails across the Atlantic – bound for the American colony in Jamestown, Virginia. It carried over 500 settlers, 9 ships. Jamestown had been founded two years earlier but had not prospered and in fact the first couple of years of Jamestown’s history is pretty much a colossal failure.
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The struggles of Jamestown in the early 1600s
Clip: Season 14 Episode 4 | 3m 1s
In the summer of 1609, a fleet of English ships sails across the Atlantic – bound for the American colony in Jamestown, Virginia. It carried over 500 settlers, 9 ships. Jamestown had been founded two years earlier but had not prospered and in fact the first couple of years of Jamestown’s history is pretty much a colossal failure.
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