USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1606, King James I of England gave the Virginia Company of London the charter to establish a new colony in North America. They financed an expedition of 144 men (105 settlers and 39 crewmen) to travel to America aboard three ships named the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Discovery of our concern is the one of twenty tons burden left behind at Jamestown Colony when the Susan Constant and the Godspeed sailed for England on June 22, 1607. Captain John Smith used this Discovery to trade with the Indians when he was not strong enough to raid them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Susan Constant was the largest of the three Virginia Company of London’s ships, measuring 116 feet long. With the Godspeed and Discovery, it was part of the 1606-1607 voyage led by Captain Christopher Newport to create a settlement in the colony of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest of the three ships which sailed in 1606 to found the Jamestown Settlement. Captained by Christopher Newport, she carried 71 colonists including Captain John Smith.

Detailed explanation-5: -Godspeed, under Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, was one of the three ships (along with Susan Constant and Discovery) on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia.