DEVON’S NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
As Mayflower 400 celebrations get under way in 2020, Fairlynch remembers Devon’s New World Explorers for a second year.
The Pilgrim Fathers landed at Cape Cod in November 1620 and disembarked from their ship The Mayflower, establishing Plymouth Colony and agreeing a constitution that modern Americans revere for its democratic principle. The pilgrims were not the first settlers in North America though and Devon’s seamen were already well-seasoned trans-Atlantic travellers.
The Pilgrim Fathers landed at Cape Cod in November 1620 and disembarked from their ship The Mayflower, establishing Plymouth Colony and agreeing a constitution that modern Americans revere for its democratic principle. The pilgrims were not the first settlers in North America though and Devon’s seamen were already well-seasoned trans-Atlantic travellers.