Colonists arrive at Jamestown
The three ships: Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery brought the initial colonists to Jamestown on May 13, 1607. This picture shows the ships anchored close to the shore while the colonists were building a defensive fort.
+ The Church
1. Market Place
2. Storehouse and Court of Guard2
3. Streets of "Settled" Houses (shown in rows)
4. Palisades of Posts
5. Bulwarks of Half-moon Shape
6. Principal Entrance, or "South Gate
7. Other Gates
8. Trench or Moat around Palisade
Approximation of the first fort based upon rare descriptions and the Zuniga Map.
Source: Henry Chandlee Forman, Jamestown and St. Mary's, Buried Cities of Romance (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1938), 39.
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