13 years before the Plymouth Pilgrims set foot in Massachusetts, a colony was formed in modern day Maine. This colony was no blip on the radar, as it had a fort and lasted over a year. It also was the site of a colonial first for the English.
More on the Popham Colony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popham_Colony
More on the Virginia Pinnace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_(pinnace)
Read “Relation of a Voyage to Sagahahoc”: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/aj/id/2484
More on the Plymouth Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Company
Map courtesy of: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=685738
More on William Strachey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strachey
Virginia stamp courtesy of Public Domain
Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
