Hey, isn't it spelled Plymouth? Well, yes, that's the name of the town, but this refers to the original spelling in William Bradford's manuscript 'Of Plimoth Plantation' in which he wrote a detailed account of the early days of Plymouth Colony, including fascinating details about the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620, relevant to us today as we visited the Mayflower II. This replica of the Mayflower was sailed across the Atlantic in 1957 in a recreation of the original voyage. Our guide, as far as we could tell, was a sailor from 1620 and retold the story of the original voyage, describing the hellish conditions below deck where passengers were basically packed in for 66 days and shipped as cargo to the new world. Have a listen!
Saturday, June 30, 2007
We Land at Plimoth
Hey, isn't it spelled Plymouth? Well, yes, that's the name of the town, but this refers to the original spelling in William Bradford's manuscript 'Of Plimoth Plantation' in which he wrote a detailed account of the early days of Plymouth Colony, including fascinating details about the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620, relevant to us today as we visited the Mayflower II. This replica of the Mayflower was sailed across the Atlantic in 1957 in a recreation of the original voyage. Our guide, as far as we could tell, was a sailor from 1620 and retold the story of the original voyage, describing the hellish conditions below deck where passengers were basically packed in for 66 days and shipped as cargo to the new world. Have a listen!
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