Captain christopher newport jamestown
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Christopher Newport
Explorer
Age of Discovery
Quick Facts:
Privateer and notable explorer most remembered as the leader of the expedition to Virginia in 1606 and the establishment of the Jamestown Colony
Christopher Newport Sketch
A twentieth-century sketch by artist Allan D. Jones Jr. of English privateer Christopher Newport. The Mariners' Museum Collection 1971.0062.000001
Introduction
Christopher Newport, the one armed admiral of Virginia, was a master of the sea. From a young age, Newport spent most of his days out at sea. It would not take long before Newport distinguished himself as a skillful mariner and respectable leader. Whether he was raiding ships as a privateer, conducting trade missions, or transporting colonist to the New World, Newport had a talent for sea voyaging.
Biography
Early Life
Christopher Newport’s date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized at St. Nicolas Church in England on December 29, 1561.1 His father was also named Christo
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Christopher Newport
English seaman, privateer (1561–1617)
For the liberal arts university, see Christopher Newport University.
Christopher Newport (b. 1561 – d. 1617) was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also in overall command of the other two ships on that initial voyage, in order of their size, the Godspeed and the Discovery.
He made several voyages of supply between England and Jamestown; in 1609, he became Captain of the Virginia Company's new flagship, Sea Venture, which met a hurricane during the Third Supply mission and was shipwrecked on the archipelago of Bermuda. Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, was named in his honour.
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Captain Christopher Newport: An Innovative Explorer in the Age of Sail
By Katherine Warakomski, Public History Center Fellow, Christopher Newport University, Class of 2017
Editor: Dr. Sheri M. Shuck-Hall, Associate Professor of History, Director of the Public History Center, Christopher Newport University
Standing before the ingång of Christopher Newport University is the figure of a 17th century Englishman in bronze, an artist’s rendition of the university’s namesake. But who was the real Christopher Newport? Christopher Newport was an English mariner who lived in the Age of Sail, a time when many were charting the seas to explore the world around them. He fryst vatten best known for leading the first fleet of ships to Virginia and his role in establishing Jamestown, the first permanent English-speaking colony in amerika, and the origins of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like those many mariners, Newport’s life was full of excitement, adventure, hardship, and countless trials. In t