the government. so that would have been representatives from that area in the first representative assembly. there was always some kind of connection. then it went on to be a plantation during the 17 the century. how far is the original historic jamestown from the current seat of government, richmond? how far down the james river? 50 miles. i guess 50. sebring, florida next up. georgian. go ahead. georgiann. go ahead. sebri sebring, florida. caller: i was fortunate enough to bring my children from the ipswich and felixville area to virginia. so they got to see where the settlers came from versus where they were coming to. and they knew that they lived in big mansions in england and over here we were living in mud huts. and i would also like to know if you are checking around in gloucester around paul tench chimney where chief potench had his home. and if so are you no. well, at another site. excuse me. at another site where rakamiko was was really where pawata
so, they re still here as they say. we had a caller earlier ask about the lost colony in north carolina, some recent news that they may have discovered a map or indication of a fort on a map in the british museum in looking at it. bly straube, has anybody done any excavations in that area? we have done some preliminary survey of the area and found some interesting hints of early artifacts, 16th century. possibly. and so we have plans to revisit the area very, very soon. how much are both of you involved or in contact with your british colleagues on early colonial or precolonial history? well, we both have, you know. we re both fellows of the society of antiquaries. you have to be elected to join, an honorary english society, british society. it s very old. 200 years old 400 years old. i have colleagues much of the records, are much of the records kept in the uk? are there good records about jamestown, for example? well, yeah. most of them are known and have
they re finding these great kingdoms and enormous civilizations rich beyond measure. who wants to go up here? what s the attraction up here? at this point not a lot. not a lot. you don t really want to go to maine, do you? not in the wintertime. down here. so it will take a white, but yes, it comes later. this is first. this is first. and here we see an example of the spanish and portuguese explorations between 1400 and 1600. look at this. it s an incredible accomplishment. it is these navigators, the spanish and portuguese navigators. before the french, before the english. french and english come into this business late, late. whether it comes to europeans and european expansion, you can see magellan in 1520, cortez or columbus obviously, ka bra, magellan mastering it is capacity to sail to distant lands. this tremendous technological, emotional, physical triumph of being able to sail to distant lands. this is the beginning of the establishment of this european expansion int
i know what you want. my idea, i take a lot of heat for this. we haven t found a complete cannon yet, okay, that s up there. we found the muzzle of one. but that s not good enough for him. not good enough. it blew up when it was fired. bly, is there an artifact that you d like to find? go ahead, you go. oh, goodness gracious. you know, we have almost found everything you can imagine from straight pins to guns. i love them all, so that s a hard question for me. here s williamsburg, virginia. jeff, go ahead with your comment or question. caller: hi, dr. kelso, i met you and the curator a couple years ago. my name is jeff. my question is from 1607 to 1699, and i understand a lot of the records burned, but there were quite a number of ships that arrived in jamestown probably 100 or 1,000. is there any detailed book that you used in your research that describes those ships arriving and possibly who was on those ships? during that time period. well, to my expe
1699, and i understand that a lot of the records burned, but there were quite a number of ships that arrived in jamestown, probably 100 or 1,000. is there any detailed book that you used in your research that describes those ships arriving and possibly who was on those ships during that time period? it s well, to my experience it s scattered in the records. you wouldn t there is no comprehensive list that i know of. they re not complete either. yeah, there are some passenger lists. but unfortunately no one s compiled it all. we ll get won t have survived. one more comment here. question from lisa in sacramento, california. hi. hi. i had heard that john rolf was the one responsible for bringing tobacco growing in virginia. i was just wondering if that was true or not. thanks. yes, in fact, we believe that he was inspired by the time he was ship wrecked in bermuda, which occurred between 1609 and 1610, he spent ten months in bermuda, where they found tobac