Seaman. Baptised at Harwich, Essex, on 29 December 1561. He was the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of the three ships which carried settlers to found the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. In 1611, he commanded a voyage for the East India Company to the Far East. Died in Java (now part of Indonesia). Our picture shows the statue to him in Virginia.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Christopher Newport
This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
The Drake Navigators Guild is the historical research group which has used multi-disciplinary methods to research Francis Drake’s visit to the west coast of North America in 1579 and related mariti...
Role on the lost expedition: Captain on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Sea captain, explorer and pirate. Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon. He spent his formative years in the house of his cousin Sir John Hawkins and by 1565 was voyaging to Guinea and the Spani...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them