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Mayflower pub sign. Rotherhithe, London. UK #154593525
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In July 1620, the Mayflower ship took on board 65 passengers from its London home port of Rotherhithe on the River Thames. The Mayflower journeyed onwards to Southampton for supplies and on 6th September, 1620, Captain Jones, along with 102 passengers and approximately 30 crew members, set sail from Plymouth on what William Bradford described as `a prosperous windââ¬Â.nAfter sighting land on 11th November, 1620, strong winter seas forced the the captain to anchor at Cape Cod, much further North than the original destination of Virginia. and the settlers agreed, whilst on board to draw up a framework of government in what is now the United States.
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