Radisson Seven Seas Voyager

In April 1607 a small flotilla, comprising three ships, dropped anchor in Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the James River on the coast of America. . Essex-born Christopher Newport was overall captain of the vessels, which were the 20-ton Discovery, 40-ton Godspeed and Newport’s flagship, the 120-ton Susan Constant.

The Creation of the Virginia Company of London

The crippling war between England and Spain had ended in 1604 and the new monarch, James l, needed to colonise the Virginian coast, as had his predecessor, Elizabeth l. He granted a charter in 1606 for the creation of the Virginia Company of London and the Virginia Company of Plymouth, both under the control of a Royal Council.