The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2010

⏱️ 22 minutes

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When a relief mission left Plymouth in 1609 to assist the troubled colony of Jamestown, an intense storm separated one vessel from the rest of the fleet. Learn how this shipwreck may have saved Jamestown -- and inspired Shakespeare -- in this podcast.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorx.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast, I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Theradabhi.
0:47.2	And after we recorded our episode on Pocahontas last fall,
0:51.7	listeners like Katrina and Ron wanted to hear more on one point in particular,
0:56.7	and that was the shipwreck that stalled John Rolf's arrival in Jamestown.
1:01.7	Yeah, and the shipwreck in itself is a pretty amazing story.
1:05.7	We've got St. Elmo's Fire and Wild Hogs and even the Devil.
1:10.7	But it's also a maker break moment in early American history,
1:14.7	because the passengers survive the wreck and they save Jamestown.
1:19.7	And because they save Jamestown and send back all these amazing new world stories of their own,
1:25.7	they boost English support for American colonization.
1:28.7	So it's a really good story.
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