More about George...

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A portrait of George Percy

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/pic24a.html

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"Observations Gathered out of 'A Discourse of the Plantation of the Southern Colony in Virginia by the English',"
by George Percy, 1606.

George Percy's account describes the first voyage of exploration to Virginia sponsored by the Virginia Company.

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Observations gathered out of a Discourse of the Plantation of the Southerne Colonie in Virginia by the English, 1606.

Written by that Honorable Gentleman, Master George Percy.

On Saturday the twentieth of December in the yeere 1606. the fleet fell from London, and the fift of January we anchored in the Downes; but the winds continued contrarie for so long, that we were forced to stay there some time, where wee suffered great stormes, but by the skilfulnesse of the Captaine wee suffered no great losse or danger.

(etc.)

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown
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Note -
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a very interesting BBC article (and radio programme?)

about Jamestown, and the visit there of the Queen of England
Elizabeth II for the 400th anniversary.

There are a lot of discoveries at the archaeological site!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6616037.stm

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