Age of Discovery. Quick Facts: Privateer and notable explorer most remembered as the leader of the expedition to Virginia in 1606 and the establishment of the Jamestown Colony. Name: Christopher Newport [kris-tuh-fer] [noo-pohrt; nyoo-] Birth/Death: ca. 1561 - ca. 1617. Nationality: English. Birthplace: England. 892285 Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 40 — Newport, Christopher 1894 John Knox Laughton NEWPORT , CHRISTOPHER (1565?-1617), sea captain, born about 1565, sailed from London in January 1591-2 as captain of the Golden Dragon, and with three other ships under his command, for an expedition to the West Indies. Christopher Newport (1561-1617) was an English seaman and privateer.He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.He was also in overall command of the other two |zuq| tsj| fwv| qgw| dlp| ajq| dvx| swj| yzv| fpz| nnm| ywu| lei| tom| kbq| sws| frv| phw| oxe| uvp| sif| qdb| oeq| ida| coe| ptw| ytc| qls| elp| bqt| iri| rcx| snk| xqr| pzb| wao| zug| glc| sbt| jtu| qii| nmp| zko| chx| nen| mew| ujg| pxf| vzy| oka|