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_____,______, was the first permanent English settlement in North America. More than four months after leaving London, three ships arrived at the southern entrance of Chesapeake Bay, off what is now Virginia, on April 26, 1607 (May 6, 1607, according to the calendar now in use). The experienced seaman Captain Christopher Newport commanded the ships, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. The ships carried 104 colonists and 39 sailors
What is amestown, Virginia.