SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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2 months
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3 months
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4 months
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Detailed explanation-1: -After more than two months (66 days) at sea, the Pilgrims finally arrived at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the fall of 1621 the Fortune was the second English ship destined for Plymouth Colony in the New World, one year after the voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1492, three ships made the voyage over to the New World–the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria–with the largest ship, the Santa Maria, floundering and sinking to the bottom of the Caribbean.
Detailed explanation-5: -The voyage itself across the Atlantic Ocean took 66 days, from their departure on September 6, until Cape Cod was sighted on 9 November 1620. The first half of the voyage went fairly smoothly, the only major problem was sea-sickness.