Mayflower
Sign in to saveMayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with several decks. She was notable in that she transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.
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The Mayflower was an English merchant sailing ship that carried a group of English families called the Pilgrims from England to the New World in 1620. This voyage is significant in history because it established one of the earliest European settlements in North America and the Pilgrims' journey became a foundational story in American history.
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- Copyrighted and Published by A S Burbank, The Mayflower at Sea (NBY 21340).jpg
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- Mayflower imagined at sea on an early 20th century post card
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- England
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- Mayflower
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- Christopher Jones ( of the ship)
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- Before 1609
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- 1622–1624
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- Most likely taken apart by Rotherhithe shipbreaker 1624
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- Probably English-built merchant ship
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22 sectionsContents
- Motivations for the voyage
- Voyage
- Leaving Holland
- ''Speedwell'' and ''Mayflower''
- ''Mayflower'' sets sail
- The trip across the Atlantic
- Arrival in America
- First winter
- Passengers
- ''Mayflower'' ship history
- Later history
- Second ''Mayflower''
- ''Mayflower'' design and layout
- ''Mayflower'' officers, crew, and others
- Legacy
- 400th anniversary, 2020
- Use of "Mayflower"
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Mayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with several decks. She was notable in that she transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.
After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts on 1620. The Pilgrims, often conflated with the Puritans (who sought to reform and purify the Church of England from within), sought separation from the church and prayed privately. They believed that the church's resistance to reform and its Roman Catholic past left it beyond redemption. Starting in 1608, a group of English families departed England for the Netherlands, where they could worship freely. By 1620, the community resolved to cross the Atlantic Ocean for America, which they considered a "new Promised Land" where they would establish Plymouth Colony.
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Age of Sail individual shipsCommons link from WikidataEnglish emigrationExploration ships of EnglandHistory of Plymouth County, MassachusettsHistory of Plymouth, MassachusettsHistory of the Thirteen ColoniesMayflowerMigrant ships to the United StatesPlymouth ColonyPre-statehood history of MassachusettsShips of England