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Passengers and crew rescued by William Bradford in 1626, lost ship discovered in 1863

[SHIPWRECK].
Loss of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626. Remarkable preservation and recent discovery of the wreck.

With an illustration of the pilgrim ship Sparrow-Hawk.

With an illustration of the pilgrim ship Sparrow-Hawk.



Boston, Printed by Alfred Mudge & son, 1865 8vo. With an illustration of the pilgrim ship Sparrow-Hawk. 38 pp.

The wreck of the Sparrow-Hawk, which was discovered in 1863, may justly regarded as one of the greatest curiosities of the age. The ship sailed from England to Virginia, in the fall of 1626, with a large number of emigrants. After a long passage, she went ashore on Cape Cod, and was there finally wrecked in a place then known as Potanumaquut Harbor.
Details of this disaster can be found in William Bradford's famous Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford, the governor of the Massachussettes Colony, sent a ship to rescue the stranded crew and passengers.
The wreck of the Sparrow-Hawk is the only surviving remains of a 17th century trans-Atlantic vessel. It is currently exhibited at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, MA.

Good copy.- (Last leaf with tear by the stitching).

Related Subjects: 17th Century  19th Century  Americana  Colonial History  Shipwrecks 

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