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Newport Ship. The Newport Ship is a mid-fifteenth-century sailing vessel discovered when archaeologists investigated an articulated timber structure uncovered during the building of the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport in June 2002. The site is on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre.
Nationality. British. Occupation. History Professor. Known for. Bristol medieval historian. Peter Fleming (1958) is an emeritus professor of medieval history [1] at the University of the West of England, who specialises in the history of migration, urban history and the development of Bristol during the Middle Ages. [2] [3]
Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like ships from antiquity, they were moved by sails, oars, or a combination of the two. There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs. Although wider and more frequent communications within Europe meant exposure to a variety of improvements ...
Ship Class / type Notes 1418 England: William Soper Southampton: Grace Dieu: Flagship For Henry V of England: 1441 Castile: Pinta: Caravela latina: Part of Columbus' first expedition ~1449 England: Newport: Newport Medieval Ship: Great ship Launch date approximate: Before 1486 Denmark: Gribshunden: Flagship For John, King of Denmark: Before ...
Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer.He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
1406. Sancta Maria et Sanctus Nicholaus (Catalonia): A carrack was stranded near Portsmouth during a storm. She was broken up and her cargo of spices, alum, wine, fruit, grain and other goods stolen by local people. [1] 1408. Corentin (France): The carrack was stranded in the Bay of Biscay, near Fromentine, France, during a storm.
Newport Historical Society. Collect, document and preserve Newport ’s unique contribution to our national narrative over the course of five centuries. The Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history.
The medieval settlement found near Rimavská Sobota was occupied from the 11th to 13th centuries, archaeologists said. Photos show some of the wells and pottery vessels dating back at least 700 years.