1607

Jamestown Hangs In The Balance
James Horn | Winter 2010

Only by luck and happenstance did Britain’s first permanent settlement in the New World survive

Arriving at the English colony of Jamestown in late May 1610, Sir Thomas Gates was appalled by what he discovered. Read more >>
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