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The '''''Seaflower''''' was a [[sailing ship]] built in England. It was most notable for helping settle [[Puritan]]s on the Caribbean [[Providence Island colony]] in 1631.<ref>Coldham, Peter Wilson (1987). The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607–1660. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-1192-0. Retrieved 9 September 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomfeiling.com/the-island-that-disappeared-US-edition.html|title=tom feiling writer journalist documentary columbia cocaine hip hop|website=www.tomfeiling.com}}</ref> Regarded as [[sister ship]] to the ''[[Mayflower]]'', the ''Seaflower'' also transported settlers to the [[New World]], specifically to [[Jamestown, Virginia]], colony in 1621.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |location= |publisher= |page=32 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://packrat-pro.com/ships/seaflower.htm |title=Seaflower 1621 |last=Stevens |first=Anne |website=Packrat Productions|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>
The '''''Seaflower''''' was a [[sailing ship]] built in England. It was most notable for helping settle [[Puritan]]s on the Caribbean [[Providence Island colony]] in 1631.<ref>Coldham, Peter Wilson (1987). The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607–1660. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-1192-0. Retrieved 9 September 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomfeiling.com/the-island-that-disappeared-US-edition.html|title=tom feiling writer journalist documentary columbia cocaine hip hop|website=www.tomfeiling.com}}</ref> Regarded as [[sister ship]] to the ''[[Mayflower]]'', the ''Seaflower'' also transported settlers to the [[New World]], specifically to [[Jamestown, Virginia]], colony in 1621.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |location= |publisher= |page=32 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://packrat-pro.com/ships/seaflower.htm |title=Seaflower 1621 |last=Stevens |first=Anne |website=Packrat Productions|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>


In 1629, Privateer Captain [[Daniel Elfrith]] (aboard the ''Robert'') scouted the archipelago of "[[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|Santa Calatina]]" for riches and as a staging point for Spanish ship plundering.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=3 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> The [[Earl of Warwick]] was looking for a new location to build a colony, yielding the setup of [[Providence Island Company]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=9 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> In {{circa}} February 1631, 100 men and boys (mostly Puritans recruited from [[Essex]], England) boarded the ''Seaflower'', sailing from [[Deptford]] to Providence Island.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=30-33 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> Ninety passengers settled the island in {{circa}} May 1631,<ref>Hamshere, Cyril. 1972. The British in the Caribbean. University Harvard.</ref> intending to load the ship with exotic plants and produce for profit in London.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=39 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> ''Seaflower'' returned to London in March, 1632. It was attacked-at-sea by Spanish during the return voyage, with Captain John Tanner and crew narrowly escaping. The ship's cargo was only a small cargo of poor quality [[tobacco]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=43 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> Later, the ''Seaflower'' returned to Providence Island and was loaded again, this time with {{convert|1|t|kg}} of "mechoacan potatoes" (''[[Ipomoea purga]]'') for their medicinal value.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |location= |publisher= |page=48 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref>
In 1629, Privateer Captain [[Daniel Elfrith]] (aboard the ''Robert'') scouted the archipelago of "[[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|Santa Calatina]]" for riches and as a staging point for Spanish ship plundering.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=3 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> The [[Earl of Warwick]] was looking for a new location to build a colony, yielding the setup of [[Providence Island Company]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=9 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> In {{circa}} February 1631, 100 men and boys (mostly Puritans recruited from [[Essex]], England) boarded the ''Seaflower'', sailing from [[Deptford]] to Providence Island.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=30-33 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> Ninety passengers settled the island in {{circa}} May 1631,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/embed/britishincaribbe0000hams|last=Hamshere|first=Cyril|date=1972|title=The British in the Caribbean|pages=41-44|isbn=9780674082359}}</ref> intending to load the ship with exotic plants and produce for profit in London.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=39 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> ''Seaflower'' returned to London in March, 1632. It was attacked-at-sea by Spanish during the return voyage, with Captain John Tanner and crew narrowly escaping. The ship's cargo was only a small cargo of poor quality [[tobacco]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |page=43 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref> Later, the ''Seaflower'' returned to Providence Island and was loaded again, this time with {{convert|1|t|kg}} of "mechoacan potatoes" (''[[Ipomoea purga]]'') for their medicinal value.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feiling|first=Tom|author-link= |date= |title=The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/2zNODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gl=US&gbpv=0 |location= |publisher= |page=48 |isbn=978-1-61219-708-1}}</ref>


In autumn 1676, the ''Seaflower'' was still in use as a transport for slaves from Africa to the Caribbean.<ref>Newell, 2015, p. 148. https://mayflowermavericks.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/news2/</ref> During and after [[King Phillip's War]], the ''Seaflower'' was used to transport [[Slavery among Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans as slaves]] to Bermuda and other Caribbean colonies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War|publisher=Viking|date=2006|isbn=9780670037605|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mayflower/qk9AXww_XysC?hl=en&gbpv=0|page=364}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mayflowermavericks.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/news2/|title=Mayflower to Seaflower|date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
In autumn 1676, the ''Seaflower'' was still in use as a transport for slaves from Africa to the Caribbean.<ref>Newell, 2015, p. 148. https://mayflowermavericks.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/news2/</ref> During and after [[King Phillip's War]], the ''Seaflower'' was used to transport [[Slavery among Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans as slaves]] to Bermuda and other Caribbean colonies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War|publisher=Viking|date=2006|isbn=9780670037605|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mayflower/qk9AXww_XysC?hl=en&gbpv=0|page=364}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mayflowermavericks.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/news2/|title=Mayflower to Seaflower|date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>

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Satellite photo of Providence Island, part of the ship's namesake Seaflower Marine Protected Area

The Seaflower was a sailing ship built in England. It was most notable for helping settle Puritans on the Caribbean Providence Island colony in 1631.[1][2] Regarded as sister ship to the Mayflower, the Seaflower also transported settlers to the New World, specifically to Jamestown, Virginia, colony in 1621.[3][4]

In 1629, Privateer Captain Daniel Elfrith (aboard the Robert) scouted the archipelago of "Santa Calatina" for riches and as a staging point for Spanish ship plundering.[5] The Earl of Warwick was looking for a new location to build a colony, yielding the setup of Providence Island Company.[6] In c. February 1631, 100 men and boys (mostly Puritans recruited from Essex, England) boarded the Seaflower, sailing from Deptford to Providence Island.[7] Ninety passengers settled the island in c. May 1631,[8] intending to load the ship with exotic plants and produce for profit in London.[9] Seaflower returned to London in March, 1632. It was attacked-at-sea by Spanish during the return voyage, with Captain John Tanner and crew narrowly escaping. The ship's cargo was only a small cargo of poor quality tobacco.[10] Later, the Seaflower returned to Providence Island and was loaded again, this time with 1 tonne (1,000 kg) of "mechoacan potatoes" (Ipomoea purga) for their medicinal value.[11]

In autumn 1676, the Seaflower was still in use as a transport for slaves from Africa to the Caribbean.[12] During and after King Phillip's War, the Seaflower was used to transport Native Americans as slaves to Bermuda and other Caribbean colonies.[13][14]

In 1696, notorious pirates Henry Every and Joseph Faro most likely[note 1] used the ship during their time in and around Rhode Island.[16][17]

The Seaflower was accidentally destroyed in the Somers Isles (Bermuda) during a English relief mission to Virginia.[18][additional citation(s) needed]

The Marine Protected Area and Biosphere Reserve surrounding the islands is named after the ship.[19][20][additional citation(s) needed]

See also

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ^ It is debatable that the single-sail sloop, the Sea Flower [sic] used by Henry Every was a different ship than the multi-sail Seaflower.[15]

References

  1. ^ Coldham, Peter Wilson (1987). The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607–1660. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-1192-0. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ "tom feiling writer journalist documentary columbia cocaine hip hop". www.tomfeiling.com.
  3. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  4. ^ Stevens, Anne. "Seaflower 1621". Packrat Productions. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  6. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  7. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 30-33. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  8. ^ Hamshere, Cyril (1972). The British in the Caribbean. pp. 41–44. ISBN 9780674082359.
  9. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  10. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  11. ^ Feiling, Tom. The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-61219-708-1.
  12. ^ Newell, 2015, p. 148. https://mayflowermavericks.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/news2/
  13. ^ Philbrick, Nathaniel (2006). Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. Viking. p. 364. ISBN 9780670037605.
  14. ^ "Mayflower to Seaflower". March 3, 2017.
  15. ^ Rogoziński 2000, p. 90
  16. ^ "Coins found in New England help solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate: "One of the greatest crimes of the 17th century" - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. December 8, 2022.
  17. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210401060735/https://wacotrib.com/news/national/ancient-coins-may-solve-mystery-of-murderous-1600s-pirate/article_f7d02b03-71a7-5e8c-b5dc-8ab9fa994df1.html
  18. ^ Stanard, Mary Newton (1928). Story of Virginia's First Century. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott. pp. 179-181. Free access icon
  19. ^ "Providencia: An island with a 'sea of seven colours'". www.bbc.com.
  20. ^ "The Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean (SPAW): Seaflower Marine Protected Area" (PDF). October 23, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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