“The single biggest challenge is the ocean itself,” says Brett Phaneuf, Co-founder of ProMare, a marine research and exploration organization. “No ship has ever been built that can survive whatever the ocean could throw at it.”
The Mayflower finally took some of the Speedwell passengers onboard and went alone. What is theMayflower Compact? TheMayflower Compactwas a written agreement between 41 of the male passengers on the Mayflower who, all of a sudden, felt a little lonely approaching the new continent all by t...
KnowledgeBeforethepassengerswentashore,theydrewupaninstrumentof self-governmentforthelittlebandtoreplacetheoriginalpatent.This immortalMayflowerCompactwasmodeledontheCovenantbywhichthe PilgrimshadlivedinLeydenformorethanadecadeandwaslaterhailed byJohnQuincyAdams,amongothers,asthefirstexampleinmoderntimes ...
The Mayflower remained anchored in the harbor as the passengers were taken ashore to walk off the months of travel, bathe, and wash their clothing and linens. As some of the colonists assembled the shallop, Captain Standish and his sixteen armed men continued to explore the immediate area to...
In 1620, despite the vast challenge ahead, 102 passengers of the original Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England on a hazardous voyage to the New World, inspired by hopes for a better future. And in 2016, when the Plymouth community met and discussed how to commemorate the upcoming 400th ...