USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -That’s what the Pilgrims did in the year 1620, on a ship called Mayflower. Mayflower set sail from England in July 1620, but it had to turn back twice because Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with, leaked. After deciding to leave the leaky Speedwell behind, Mayflower finally got underway on September 6, 1620.

Detailed explanation-2: -Speedwell was a 60-ton pinnace that, along with Mayflower, transported the Pilgrims from England to the New World in the early 1600s, and was the smaller of the two ships. A vessel of the same name and size travelled to the New World seventeen years prior as the flagship of the first expedition of Martin Pring.

Detailed explanation-3: -In August 1620, the Mayflower left Southampton with a smaller vessel–the Speedwell–but the latter proved unseaworthy and twice was forced to return to port.

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: -Take yourself back 400 years when three ships – the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed – set sail from England in December 1606 for the New World.