In one of the most triumphant high sea stories ever told, Kieran
Doherty brings to life the remarkable true story of the ship that
rescued the struggling Jamestown settlement in 1610 and
single-handedly ensured England's place in the New World. When the
Sea Venture left England in 1609, it was flagship in a fleet of
nine bound for Jamestown with roughly 600 settlers and badly needed
supplies aboard. But after four weeks at sea, as the voyage neared
its end, a hurricane hit devastating the fleet--one ship sank, the
rest scattered, and the Sea Venture was shipwrecked on the island
of Bermuda. It would take Sea Venture's passengers nearly a year
and half to reach their destination. Awaiting them was not the
thriving, populated colony they expected, but instead the grim
reality of a remaining fifty colonists--beleaguered, desperate, and
hungry. But, the question remains, would the English have lost
their place in the New World if the "Sea Venture" had never
arrived? A story of strife and triumph, but above all, endurance,
"Sea Venture" begins and ends in hope and remains one of the
greatest "What Ifs?" in history. With the bravado of a legendary
sea saga, Doherty braves the elements in "Sea Venture," delivering
a powerful history willed by a people destined to change the New
World forever.
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