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The Mayflower was a passenger ship carrying Puritans from Plymouth, England, to the Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts in the New World of America in 1620. It boarded a wooden sailing ship named the Mayflower with 102 Puritans on September 16. It set off from England and docked near Cape Cod on November 11 (both according to the Julian calendar). The 66-day voyage was only One person died and a baby was born, so 102 people still arrived at the destination. The voyage was inspired by the success of the Virginia Company in establishing the first permanent English settlement, Jamestown, in 1607.

Ship

The Mayflower is a British three-mast ship with a displacement of 180 tons. Based on its carrying capacity and the typical dimensions of a 180-ton merchant ship at the time, it can be estimated to be approximately 90–110 feet (27.4–33.5 meters) long and 25 feet (7.6 meters) wide. After more detailed research, a replica "Mayflower II" as close as possible to the original ship was built, which was launched on September 22, 1956).

Before heading to the New World, the Mayflower was a cargo ship carrying commercial trade (usually wine), mainly between Britain and France, as well as other European countries such as Norway, Germany, and Spain. Between 1609 and 1622, the ship was owned by Christopher Jones, a transatlantic sailing captain based in Port Rother, London, England. After Jones's death, the ship was most likely cut up for timber in the port of Rother in 1623. The Mayflower warehouse outside the Quaker village of Buckingham Jordan in England is said to have been built from these timbers.

The Pilgrims' Voyage

At first, the Pilgrims planned to take the Mayflower and another smaller ship, the Speedwell. The first voyage departed from Southampton, England, on August 5, 1620, but the Speedwell leaked and had to return to Dartmouth for repairs.

On the second voyage, when the ship reached the Atlantic Ocean, Speedwell leaked again and had to turn back to Plymouth.

After reorganization, on September 6, the Mayflower set off from Plymouth and completed a 66-day voyage alone. The ship was crowded with 102 crew members and their families, and each person had only a small space to place their luggage.

During the voyage, cracks appeared in the Mayflower's main ship pole, which eventually had to be repaired with a large iron screw.

The Mayflower docked in the southern part of the Affalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada. Local fishermen provided daily necessities and water supplies, and then headed for Cape Cod.

Their original destination was the land along the Hudson River in northern Virginia. However, bad weather caused the channel to deviate, and they spent a cold winter in New England. This delay prevented them from reaching what would become Plymouth Colony, where the Virginia Colonial Company in London had allowed them to go.

In order to settle the disputes accumulated by this group of immigrants during the voyage, and to prepare for the establishment of new colonies and possible self-government ashore. On November 11, 1620, when the Mayflower docked at Cape Cod, 41 adult men among the 102 new immigrants on board signed the Mayflower Compact. This convention became the first of countless self-government conventions in the United States in the future. Its signing method and content represented that "the people can decide the method of self-government management according to their own will, and management will no longer be determined by power above the people." Here. Created a self-governing social structure, which in the era of kingship and theocracy hinted at many democratic beliefs.

The "Mayflower Compact" wrote: "For the glory of God, to increase the faith of Christianity, and to enhance the honor of our king and country, we crossed the sea and settled in northern Virginia. Develop the first colony. We, the undersigned, solemnly sign a contract before God to voluntarily form a self-governing group of people, and in order to better implement, maintain and develop the above purposes, we shall formulate and promulgate it from time to time in the future. , which laws, regulations, ordinances, charters, and public offices are deemed most suitable and convenient to all the people of the colony, and we all undertake to observe and obey them.”[1]

The Mayflower in 1621. Departing on April 5, 1621, he returned to England from Plymouth Colony and arrived in England on May 6, 1621.

Attachment: Sonnets on the base of the Statue of Liberty (translation)

Translation:

Not like the stalwart bronze statue of Greece

Have the arms to conquer the territory

You stand tall at the gate of the red clouds and falling waves

Hold the lamp high and spray out the light

Your name condenses the flowing light——

Mother of the Exiles

Lighting up the vast land

The gentle gaze spreads all over the long bridge and the harbor

"Guard your ancient vanity. Land and merit!" she shouted

with trembling and silent lips:

Take you,

the tired and poor refugee

Those who longed to breathe freely, but were ruthlessly abandoned

The miserable moans crowded on the other side

The shock of being overturned in the sudden rain and storm

Give them all to me!

I hold my lamp high and stand at the Golden Gate!