Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He loved the sea and became a sailor at the age of fifteen years. Growing up, he had heard stories of Marco Polo and the Far East. Even though the rest of the world believed the world was flat, Columbus thought the world was round. He also knew that Europeans depended on the Far East for items like silk, gems and rare spices, but obtaining these luxuries was difficult and costly because of the long land route that had to traveled to the orient and back again, so Columbus decided to sail west in order to find a short route to the Far East. On the third of August 1942, Columbus set sail with the three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. These ships were nothing like the modern ocean liners that sail the oceans today. These little ships were made of wood and were very uncomfortable on long voyages. The ships had no sophisticated navigational devices, so Columbus had to navigate by using the stars and the moon. Columbus and his crew

Sir Thomas West, Lord de la Warr (or "de la Warre"), was born in July 9, 1577. In 1601 was charged with supporting Essex's ill-fated insurrection against Queen Elizabeth, but he was acquitted of those charges. Lord de la Warr headed the contingent of 150 men who landed in Jamestown on 10 June 1610, just in time to persuade the original settlers not to give up and go home to England. He had been given instructions by The London Virginia Company to kidnap Native American children. de la Warr returned to England and published a book about Virginia, The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia, in 1611. He remained the nominal governor, and he had received complaints from the Virginia settlers about Argall's tyranny in governing them for him, so de la Warr set sail for Virginia again in 1618, to investigate those charges. He died en route and was buried at sea on June 7, 1618.

1608- The colony’s start was disastrous. The settlers were more interested in finding gold than planting crops. They soon fell victim to their harsh surroundings. During the first few years, seven out of every ten people died of hunger, disease, or fighting with the Native Americans.

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