Samuel Argall
id:
samuel-argall-205-16377898
title:
Samuel Argall
text:
Sir Samuel Argall was an English sea captain, navigator, and Deputy-Governour of Virginia, an English colony. As a sea captain, in 1609, Argall was the first to determine a shorter northern route from England across the Atlantic Ocean to the new English colony of Virginia, based at Jamestown, and made numerous voyages to the New World. He captained one of Lord De La Warr's ships in the successful rescue mission to Virginia in 1610 which saved the colony from starvation. In 1610 he named Delaware
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
16/17th-century English naval officer and colonial official in Virginia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Argall
date created:
2004-07-01T22:09:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T18:52:02Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1640499","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1640499"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Samuel_Argall_with_the_Chickahominy_Tribe_of_Virginia.jpg","width":1280,"height":1096}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16