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The pinnace "Virginia" 1607
Document Type: Map/Chart
Geographic Location: Popham, Maine
ID Number: Hunt_Popham_pinnace
Keywords: Shipbuilding, Ancestors, Pinnace
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Description:
J. Hunt's 1607 map of Ft. St. George in Popham, Maine, showed a sketch of a pinnace, thought to be the Virginia, built at the Popham colony in 1607-1608. How accurate an image this is, is hard to determine but it does correspond with what other sources call a pinnace. Virginia was the first European style vessel to be built in North America. After sailing some of the colonists home in 1608, she made at least two more transatlantic voyages to Jamestown. Virginia lies just to the left of the fort in the drawing , turned 90 degrees.
This image is from the Maine's First Ship website, www.mainesfirstship.org, a project that aims at building a reconstruction of the vessel.
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