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MERICAN COLORTYPE CO., N. Y.
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JAMESTOWN A. & V. CO.
LANDING AT JAMESTOWN IN 1607.
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1607-JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION-1907
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No. 3
LANDING AT JAMESTOWN IN 1607.
The colonists, in their ships (Card No. 2) were driven
between the Virginia Capes by a violent storm in April,
1607. They named these Capes “Henry"and" Charles,"
after the sons of their King. A party landed at Cape
Henry on April 26th, but were driven back to their boats
by the Indians; as they approached the western shore of
Chesapeake Bay the storm had spent its force, and they
called the place “ Point Comfort.” The ships then en-
tered and sailed up the river, stopping at Hampton, and
here and there looking for a good site for a colony,
finally selecting a low peninsula, half buried in the tide
at high water. Here they landed on May 13th, 1607, and
gave the place the name of Jamestown, and the river then
known as Powhatan the name of James River, in honor
of the King, James I of Great Britain. The instructions
of the King and the laws for the government of the
colony were placed in a sealed casket with orders that it
be not opened until they landed for settlement. (See
Card No.7.)
