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Seaflower (ship)
''Seaflower'' (or ''Sea Flower'') was the name of several sailing ships operating in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea in the 1600s and 1700s. The first ''Seaflower'', regarded as sister ship to the ''Mayflower'', also transported settlers to the New World, specifically to Jamestown, Virginia, colony in 1621. It was most notable for helping settle Puritans on the Caribbean Providence Island colony in 1631. The Colombian Marine Protected Area and Biosphere Reserve surrounding the islands is named after the ship. First ship ''Seaflower'' (or ''Seaflour'') was 140 tons, likely a fluyt, operating out of London in 1620, and frequented Bermuda (then known as the Somers Isles) and Virginia Colony. A ''Sea Flower'' is documented to have been captained by Ralph Hamor with 120 settlers who arrived in Virginia colony, February, 1621/22 (O.S./N.S). This ship also sailed back to England (arriving in June, 1622) with news of the Indian massacre of 1622, Indian attacks on Englishmen that beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Ship
A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on Mast (sailing), masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing Square rig, square-rigged or Fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged" when there are three or more masts. Others carry only fore-and-aft sails on each mast, for instance some schooners. Still others employ a combination of square and fore-and-aft sails, including the barque, barquentine, and brigantine. Early sailing ships were used for river and coastal waters in Ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean. The Austronesian peoples developed maritime technologies that included the fore-and-aft crab-claw sail and with catamaran and outrigger boat, outrigger hull configurations, which enabled the Austronesian expansion into the islands of the Indo-Pacific. This expansion originated in Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
