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Maine's First Ship Summer Lecture Series 2023
Popham Colony History Part 2: Later Navigators and Settlement Preparations 1584-1607
Dan Wood
August 2, 7pm at the Bath Freight Shed, 27 Commercial Street in Bath, and via Zoom
for more information and to register visit mfship.org/events

By the end of the 16th century, navigators had been exploring the northern areas of the American coast for a century. The dawn of the 17th century brought a flurry voyages in preparation for settlement, and in 1606 King James I granted a charter to the Plymouth Company to establish a settlement in the northern part of "Virginia." Part 2 covers the later navigators, the immediate preparations for settling the Popham Colony, and the voyage that resulted in the settlement at the mouth of the Kennebec River in 1607.

Dan Wood practiced medicine in Bath for 33 years. Since then he has actively worked with Maine’s First Ship on the construction of Virginia, the repair and upgrade of the Bath Freight Shed, and of Virginia’s dock. For many years he was a member of the MFS board.

Part 1: Early navigators 1497-1583 is scheduled for July 26

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