jamestown virginia map

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Despite the dispatch of more supplies, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 16091610 Starving Time. In mid-1610, the survivors abandoned Jamestown, though they returned after. Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Financed and organized by the Virginia Company, the. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. Visit the real thing at Historic Jamestowne, explore the actual location and active archaeological dig, Jamestown Rediscovery, home of the first successful English settlement.