Discovery (1602 ship)

Ship of the English Virginia Company

Discovery on stained glass window in St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.

History
Name| Discovery, Discoverie
General characteristics
Tons burthen| 20 tons
Length| 38 ft (12 m) on deck
Propulsion| Sails

Discovery was a small 20-ton, 38-foot (12 m) long "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. It was one of the three ships (along with Susan Constant and Godspeed) on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia.

## History

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In 1602, George Weymouth became the first European to explore what would later be called Hudson Strait when he sailed Discovery 300 nautical miles (560 km) into the strait. Weymouth's expedition to find the Northwest Passage was funded jointly by the East India Company and the Muscovy Company.[1][2]

Discovery, captained by John Ratcliffe, was the smallest of three ships that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. According to a 17th-century source, a total of 21 passengers were aboard during its initial expedition.[3] When Captain Newport returned to London, England, he left Discovery behind for the use of the colonists.

In the summer of 1608, in the months between the first and second supply missions, Captain John Smith left Jamestown on the ship to explore the Chesapeake Bay region and search for badly needed food, covering an estimated 3,000 miles (4,800 km), producing a map that was of great value to explorers for more than a century.[4] These explorations were commemorated in the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, established in 2006.

In 1610, Admiral Sir George Somers (of Sea Venture fame), proposed a trip to Bermuda aboard Patience accompanied by Captain Samuel Argall on Discovery with the intention of gathering more local supplies for Jamestown.[5] Blown north towards Newfoundland, the ships became separated in fog. Argall attempted fishing before turning back.

She then took part in six expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. During the 1610–1611 expedition in the Canadian Arctic, the crew of Discovery mutinied, and set their captain Henry Hudson adrift in a small boat; he was not seen again, and the crew returned to England.

## Replicas

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Replicas of Discovery and her sister ships, the larger Susan Constant and Godspeed, are docked in the James River at Jamestown Settlement (formerly Jamestown Festival Park), adjacent to the Jamestown National Historic Site. A new Discovery, built in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, was launched in September 2006.

The previous replica, built in 1984 in Jamestown, was shipped to the United Kingdom for a tour of the UK as part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Virginia's founding. After its tour, which finished in September 2007, the ship was laid up in Ipswich Marina awaiting a move to a more permanent home. On 19 December 2008, 402 years to the day she left London Docks bound for Virginia, she was officially handed to Westenhanger Castle in Kent by the Jamestown UK Foundation, who had brought the replica vessel to the UK. The ship is currently on permanent display at the castle.

## Modern depictions

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Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, commemorated on the Virginia State Quarter

In May 2007, the United States Postal Service issued the first 41 cent denomination first class stamp. The stamp had an image of Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.

Discovery was also depicted on Virginia's coin of the 50 State Quarters, in celebration of the quadricentennial of Jamestown.

## See also

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* Ship replica (including a list of ship replicas)

## References

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1. ^ Glyn Williams, "Arctic Labyrinth", Toronto: Penguin, 2009, p 45
2. ^ Douglas Hunter, "God's Mercies. Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery", Anchor/Random House, 2007, pp 13, 41
3. ^ "Jamestown Ships" (PDF).
4. ^ Snell 1974, p. 83, Ch. 4
5. ^ Sir George Somers Accessed 2017-01-18

### Works cited

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* Snell, Tee Loftin (1974). The wild shores: America's beginnings. Washington DC: National Geographic Society (U.S.), Special Publications Division. ISBN 978-0-87044-148-6.

## External links

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* Discovery replica at Museum in Docklands, London
* Jamestown settlement ships

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Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia • History (1607–1699)

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* Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
* First Virginia Charter
* Second Virginia Charter
* Virginia Company/London Company
* Jamestown supply missions
* Starving Time
* Anglo-Powhatan Wars
* 1619 Jamestown craftsmen strike
* Indian massacre of 1622

Geography|

* Belle Isle
* Cape Charles
* College Creek
* Dumpling Island
* Glass House Point
* Hog Island
* James River
* Jamestown Island
* Mulberry Island
* Stingray Point
* Tsenacommacah
* Werowocomoco
* Orapax
* Powhatan's Chimney

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* Blunt Poynt
* Kecoughtan
* Cape Henry
* First Landing State Park
* St. John's Episcopal Church
* Farrar's Island
* Henricus
* Beggars Bush (Jordan Point)
* Moysonec
* Old Point Comfort
* Fort Algernon
* Pagan River
* Passapatanzy
* Wolstenholme Towne

| 1619 incorporations|

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* Charles City
* Elizabeth City
* City of Henrico

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| Original Virginia Governor's Council members|

* Edward Maria Wingfield (president)
* Bartholomew Gosnold
* Christopher Newport
* John Martin
* John Ratcliffe
* George Kendall
* John Smith

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Other notable original colonists|

* Gabriel Archer
* Robert Beheathland
* Samuel Collier
* Robert Hunt
* George Percy
* Nathaniel Powell
* Thomas Wotton

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Notable colonists from
supply missions|

* First Supply
* Jonas Profit
* Thomas Savage
* Matthew Scrivener
* Michael Sicklemore
* William Spence
* Second Supply
* Anne Burras
* Raleigh Croshaw
* Thomas Dowse
* Mistress Forrest
* Thomas Forrest
* Thomas Graves
* Hugh Gwyn
* Ralph Hamor
* Daniel Tucker
* Francis West
* Jamestown Polish craftsmen
* Third Supply
* Richard Buck
* William Capps
* James Davis
* Temperance Flowerdew
* Thomas Gates
* Stephen Hopkins
* Samuel Jordan
* Silvester Jourdain
* William Peirce
* William Powell
* Robert Rich
* John Rolfe
* Samuel Sharpe
* William Sharpe
* George Somers
* Henry Spelman
* William Strachey
* Edward Waters
* George Yeardley
* Fourth Supply
* Samuel Argall
* Lawrence Bohun
* Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
* Fifth Supply
* Thomas Dale
* Cecily Jordan Farrar
* William Spencer
* Joan Wright

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* "Angela"
* Edward Bennett
* William Berkeley
* William Claiborne
* William Farrar
* Henry Fleete
* Anthony Johnson
* Christopher Lawne
* Samuel Matthews
* Richard Pace
* John Pollington
* John Pott
* Edmund Rossingham
* George Sandys
* Walter Shelley
* Richard Stephens
* George Thorpe
* William Tucker
* John West
* Alexander Whitaker
* Francis Wyatt

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* "Chanco"
* Chickahominy people
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* Nemattanew
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* John Ferrar
* Nicholas Ferrar
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* Edwin Sandys
* Thomas Smythe
* Robert Tyndall
* Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva

Written accounts|

* "Dale's Code" (1612)
* A Description of New England (1616)
* The Historie of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia (1619)
* The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1619)
* True Reportory (1625)
* Pamiętnik handlowca (1625)

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* Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage (1855)
* Pocahontas (1910 film)
* The Wives of Jamestown (1913)
* Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (1938)
* Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
* Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (2001)
* The New World (2005 film)
* Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony (2011)
* Jamestown (2017)

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* Susan Constant
* Godspeed
* Discovery
* Mary and John
* Sea Venture
* Virginia
* Treasurer
* White Lion

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