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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 ...
Christopher Newport (Londra, dicembre 1561 – Bantam, agosto 1618) è stato un navigatore britannico. Egli è noto per aver comandato la spedizione che nel 1607 portò alla fondazione della Colonia della Virginia, il primo insediamento permanente britannico nel nuovo mondo
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3 mag 2024 · Christopher Newport (baptized Dec. 29, 1561, Harwich, Eng.—died August 1617, Bantam, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]) was a British sea captain who was one of the founders of the Jamestown Colony. Newport went to sea at a young age, and he quickly rose to the rank of a master mariner.
12 gen 2021 · ENTRY. Newport, Christopher (1561–after August 15, 1617) SUMMARY. Christopher Newport was an English privateer, ship captain, and adventurer who helped to establish the first permanent English colony in North America at Jamestown in 1607.
Age of Discovery. Quick Facts: Privateer and notable explorer most remembered as the leader of the expedition to Virginia in 1606 and the establishment of the Jamestown Colony. Name: Christopher Newport [kris-tuh-fer] [noo-pohrt; nyoo-] Birth/Death: ca. 1561 - ca. 1617. Nationality: English. Birthplace: England. Christopher Newport Sketch.
12 giu 2023 · Born about 1560, Christopher Newport rose to an extremely distinguished position, being one of six masters of the royal navy. Entering sea service at an early age, he quickly became a capable mariner. Sailing for South America in 1581, he left ship in Brazil for unknown reasons eventually returning to England.
