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Virginia of Sagadahoc was a pinnace built in 1607 by colonists at the Popham Colony, a Plymouth Company colony established at the mouth of the Kennebec River in what is now Phippsburg, Maine. Virginia was the first ship built by English colonists in Maine, and may be the first in North America. A pinnace is a light boat, propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a tender for guiding merchant and war vessels. ... The site of the 1607 Popham Colony in present-day Maine is shown by Po on the map. ... The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. ... The course of the Kennebec River The Kennebec River is a river, 150 mi (240 km) long, in the state of Maine in the northeastern United States. ... Phippsburg is a town located in Sagadahoc County, Maine. ...

When the colony failed in 1608, Virginia was one of the vessels to carry the surviving colonists back to England. Records suggest that Virginia made at least one other Atlantic crossing, from England to the more successful Jamestown Settlement. The ship disappears from records in 1610. Recreated Powhatan village at the Jamestown Settlement westover middle school is the best is a name sometimes used to describe the first permanent English settlement in North America established at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607. ...

Virginia was a pinnace of approximately 30 tons capacity. While little is known about the details of its architecture, written accounts of the colony and other historical records of similar ships suggest that Virginia was somewhat less than 50' (15m) long, with a beam of 14'6" (4.42m). She had a flush main deck, drew approximately 6'6" (2m) fully loaded, and would have a freeboard of less than 2' (0.6m).

A non-profit organisation, Maine's First Ship has been formed to build a reconstruction of Virginia in the grounds of Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. The organization educates people about the role Maine played in early American and European history, the 400 year tradition of ship-building, and archaeology. View uphill towards City Hall in Bath Bath is a city located in Sagadahoc County, Maine. ...

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Maine's First Ship - a project to reconstruct Virginia
Popham Colony

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News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (393 words)
	"Virginia of Sagadahoc" (also known as simply "Virginia") was a pinnace built in 1607-08 by colonists at the Popham Colony.
	Virginia was one of the two pinnaces towed behind the seven large ships of the mission, which departed from England].
	Virginia survived the storm and arrived in the Colony in October under the command of Captain James Davis, who thereafter assumed command of Fort Algernon at Old Point Comfort.

Virginia Compay 1612 - 1624 - Daily Republican Newspaper - The Nation's Daily (1476 words)
	Smith's later petition to the Virginia Company seeking a reward for past services was denied; in 1622 he proposed writing a history of Virginia, a proposal which was never endorsed by the company.
	The absence, therefore, of any reference to the Virginia Company and the enhancement of Smith's own emblem on the map itself should be seen as visual and graphic counterparts to his written attempts to enhance his own role and diminish that of the investors and managers who hired him and sent him to Virginia.
	In May 1625, Virginia and Bermuda were formally proclaimed part of the royal empire ruled by Charles I. Captain John Smith's map of Virginia, with his own arms prominently displayed and the royal seal front and center and topped by an imperial crown stated ownership of the land in no uncertain terms.

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