Christopher Newport
English seaman, privateer (1561–1617) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christopher Newport (1561–1617) 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.
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Born | December 1561 (1561-12) |
Died | August 1617 (1617-09) (aged 55) Bantam, Java |
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Known for | Captain of the Susan Constant during 1606–1607 voyage to Jamestown |
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.