The Pinnace Virginia, 1607

J. Hunt's 1607 map of Ft. St. George in Popham, Maine, showed a sketch of a pinnace, thought to be the Virginia, built at the Popham colony in 1607-1608. How accurate an image this is, is hard to determine, but it does correspond with what other sources call a pinnace. Virginia was the first European style vessel to be built in North America. After sailing some of the colonists home in 1608, she made at least two more transatlantic voyages to Jamestown. Virginia lies just to the left of the fort in the drawing, turned 90 degrees.