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Mayflower II is a reproduction of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. [3] The reproduction was built in Devon, England during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Patuxet (at the time known as Plimoth Plantation), a living history museum.
The Mayflower II will return home to Plymouth from Mystic by way of the Cape Cod Canal. See where the ship is now with this online tracker. Mayflower II will travel through Cape Cod Canal soon.
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
Mayflower II is slated to be open to the public at her Plymouth berth starting at 9 a.m. on April 13. The travel schedule from Mystic to Plymouth is subject to change, depending on tide, weather ...
Faunce's father had arrived in the colony aboard the ship Anne in 1623, just three years after the Mayflower landing, and Elder Faunce was born in 1647, when many of the Mayflower Pilgrims were still living, so his assertion made a strong impression on the people of Plymouth. The wharf was built but the rock left intact, the top portion ...
The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, [1] commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States. It is thought to be the world's largest solid granite monument. [2]
The best effort by local historians to place the actual site of the Mayflower finally casting off is roughly where a Victorian public house, the Admiral MacBride, now stands. [citation needed] Today, boat trips leave the Mayflower Steps for trips around the Plymouth Sound and up the River Tamar for sight of the 'Dockyard and Warships'.
Susan Constant was rated at 120 tons.Its keel length is estimated at 55.2 feet (16.8 meters). The overall length from tip of its bowsprit to stern is estimated at 116 feet (35 m).