Berkeley, Virginia (Near Harrison's Landing)

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

On December 4, 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, about eight thousand acres (32 km²) on the north bank of the James River near Herring Creek in an area then known as Charles Cittie. It was about 20 miles upstream from Jamestown, where the first permanent settlement of the Colony of Virginia was established on May 14, 1607.

Keywords

farm, sailboat, sail boat, harrison's landing, colonial virginia colony, original 13 thirteen colonies, berkeley plantation, pier dock

Galleries

1607-1762 Colonial America, Harbors and Wharfs, Places in Virginia

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 10) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1103, 1.5 MiB

Large GIF

1024×470, 210.9 KiB

Medium GIF

640×294, 89.1 KiB

Small GIF

320×147, 23.9 KiB