The Mayflower JourneyThese 8 sheets provide a basic account of the story

of the journey of the three-masted sailing ship

known as The Mayflower; which carried settlers

torthe New World in 1620.

It was intended that two ships

would travel together;

The Speedwell

from Holland,

and

The Mayflower

from Rotherhithe in London.

Their Charter, permitting the

passengers to leave the country,

and to set up a new Plantation

in the British colony of Virginia,

had been granted by the King,

James I of England, also known

as James Vl of Scotland

The journey was funded by the

Virginia Company, which had

offices in London & Plymouth,

Devon. The Company Seal is

shown on the right.

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The Mayflower JourneyThe Speedwell sailedzTJuly L62A from Delfshaven,

with passengers who had come from Leiden.

On board were William Bradford,

Myles Standish, & over

50 more Separatists.

The Mayflower sailed from London. On board were the Captain

Christopher Jones, Governor John Carver; & over 60 others.

At Southampton, more Adventurers joined The MayfloweL including

Stephen Hopkins, who had previously visited Jamestown VA.

Both ships sailed together from Southampton on 5 August 1,520.

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This cover marks the 350th anniversary of that joint departure.

The Mayflower JourneyThe Speedwell started leaking, so both ships put

in to Dartmouth, to repair The Speedwell.

This Dartmouth picture by Wilcox was also used for IOM Presentation Packs

Both ships sailed together from Dartmouth on 2 September 1620.

This cover marks the 350th anniversary of the Second joint departure.

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The Mayflower Journey

Though well past

Land's End, the two ships

went back to Plymouth

to make more repairs to

The leaking Speedwell,

but she was deemed to

be no longer seaworthy.

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The Mayflower took on more fresh water at Newlyn.)

102 passengers boarded The MayfloweL and it sailed from Plymouth

on 6 September t620. This cove6 and postmark, both designed by Plymouth

Philatelic Society,

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The Mayflower JourneyThere were 1AZ passengers, crammed into the middle

deck. There were 2 dogs, and perhaps some chickens

and goats. Crew (about 30) stayed on the top decks.{

The ship wa$ only about L00ft long, at most 25ft wide.

Little was recorded about the rough sea journey across the Atlantic.

One of the crew was exceptionally unpleasant and rude to the

passengers, threatening to throw them overboard. William Bradford

recorded that "lt pleased God to smite him with a disease" and the

un-named sailor died and was thrown overboard himself.

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One passenger John Howland, fell overboard, but grabbed a rope, and

was hauled back on board. He later fathered 10 children.

Nowadays,2 million Americans claim to be descended from him.

Stephen Hopkins'wife Elizabeth gave birth to a boy, named Oceanus.

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The Mayflower JourneyAfter enduring 66 days at sea, land was eventually

sighted, but they were about 500 miles north-east

of Virginia. They dropped anchor near today's

Provincetown in Cape Cod on 11 November 1520.

Having realised that they were "on their own", a Social Contract was

signed by 41 Heads of Household, called The Mayflower Compact.

Today, this is regarded as America's equivalent of the Magna Carta.

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3 days before land was sighted, William Button died at sea.

Whilst at anch or, a boy Peregrine

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White was born, and 4 passengers

wife of William Bradford.

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The Mayflower JourneyThey decided to move across the bay, to the area

that had been named Plymouth by Prince Charles

( later King Charles I ) on Captain Smith's 3,6L4 map.

They anchored in Plymouth harbour on 16 Dec 1620.

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The first landing party went on shore on 2twhich had been the home of the Patuxet.

The Mayflower stayed until 5 April 1,621,,

arriving back in England on 6 May.

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in 1908, sent

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The Mayflower Journeyln 1957, a replica sailing ship re-enacted the original

voyage, sailing from Plymouth Devon to Plymouth

Massachusetts, where it remains in the harbour.

The ship had been built in Brixham Devon, based on

known designs of LTth century ships.

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The cover above was carried

on board, commemorating

the journey of The Mayflower ll.

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