This was a great vessel for its time, but it was a freight vessel, and packing almost 140 people on it was truely amazing. The ship had to carry barrels of fresh water and wood to heat it with. There was a brick oven on the ship.
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Mayflower
In 1620, the Mayflower brought 102 passengers and 34 crew members to the New World. The ship would stay in Plymouth Harbor during the winter of 1620-21. It would return to England in the spring of 1621. After the death of its captain, Christopher Jones, in 1624, the Mayflower was lost to history.
This was a great vessel for its time, but it was a freight vessel, and packing almost 140 people on it was truely amazing. The ship had to carry barrels of fresh water and wood to heat it with. There was a brick oven on the ship.
In the 1950's Mayflower II was built in England. It sailed across the Atlantic to Plymouth in 1957. The recreation of the ship is a story in itself, but I will let my pictures do the talking.
This was a great vessel for its time, but it was a freight vessel, and packing almost 140 people on it was truely amazing. The ship had to carry barrels of fresh water and wood to heat it with. There was a brick oven on the ship.
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