@@danpatrick9080the kettle ponds are natural, formed at the end of the last Ice Age. All of Cape Cod is a glacial moraine created by the edge of the ice sheet. As the glaciers retreated, some large blocks of ice were left behind and created depressions which became kettle ponds.
@jfinlay08 we are related. At least a dozen. John and Priscilla didn't know when to stop. They had the most children. Bradford and others were my wife's side. Several killed in King Philip's War. Party. Both Lexington and/or Concord, Bunker Hill, Long Island, crossing the Delaware. And so on. 😀😀😀😀
This is just so good, Jeffrey. As if the newspaper lands on your doorstep every day. Especially important is that the account doesn't shy away from describing the reality of locals living in what was to them a post-apocalyptic world - following a plague brought on by prior contact.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian You're doing great. Look forward to the next installment. This is a nightmare for the natives who survived the plagues. Now albinos from the sea land like ghosts to steal their lands and rob from graves. In a way, it's like an echo of the sea peoples and the bronze age collapse. If this was a movie, I'd be rooting for the natives but knowing it's also their slow rolling Ragnarok.
Very nicely done! In 1979 I was stationed at Cape Cod Air Force Station (Pave Paws) just South of Plymouth on Sandwich, Mass's Flatrock Hill, a very high point on the Cape. From the roof of our 10-story radar building, you could see all the places from Provincetown to Chatham, Falmouth and Plymouth. I spent the next three years exploring all these areas, following the voyages as you described them. Wish I had your videos then!
Fascinating series of events. Excellent telling of them by you, Jeff. Thank you! They arrived pretty much at the worst possible moment, the onset of winter and its weather. Today, we forget the bone chilling cold of that rain and snow. And covering those distances on the water. Every minute surviving was an act of heroism for these people.
Yes, winter is the worst time to be there. It actually took the English a while to realize how cold it would get in New England. They figured that it would be mild, because it was a lower latitude than the British Isles, so they figured it would be warmer than Britain, but it turned out to be colder.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian This is probable, but many from Europe were already in this region prior to the pilgrims and one would think they knew that the winters here were far worse. They didn't intend to land on the Cape though, they intended to go much farther south.
As an 11th great-grandson of John Alden, my understanding of the Mayflower colonization was always vague. Turkeys, corn Plymouth Rock, pilgrims having Thanksgiving with the Indians - a great big jumble. Thank you for such an enlightening account - as well as the graphics! 👍🏻
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Here in 2024 my RUclips explorations found a new corn hill to feed my curious explorers mind. Absolutely outstanding and exciting telling. Thank you so much!
Once again, a fascinating and informative video. I've said it before and will say it again. History teachers should be taking full advantage of your videos in the classroom today.
I am 42 and in my youth history used to be boring because my teachers never knew stuff like this and I was the kid that asked to many questions.This is the exact stuff ive always needed..thank you
Fascinating. I didn't know any of the Cape Cod history of the pilgrims. I'm in New Hampshire native who spent summers on Cape Cod at my grandfather's house.
Well done. King Philips(metacom) war, One of the most deadly wars (per capita) in America and a turning point in native and English relationship would Be an interesting series. This chapter in history is widely overlooked.
Enjoyed that! Both of my GGGGGGGGGG- grand fathers, William White and Degory Priest, Died that winter and spring of '21. Their families, some how survived. Thanks for the well done history lesson.
I greatly enjoy many of your videos but this was my favorite yet. The hardships the pilgrims went through make for an excellent story…. A story I ignorantly knew little about until watching this splendid video. Cheers 🍻
Way back in the 60’s when I was taught about the Pilgrims our history books made little mention about the diseases introduced by earlier settlers had devastated the Indian populations just a couple of years before they arrived. In hindsight a very relevant part of the story. Your even tempo and clear pronunciation of words along with your use of maps make your videos easy to watch and follow along. Great channel. Thanks
For comparison, COVID 19 caused over a quarter million deaths in 2020 in US becoming the 3rd leading cause of death that year. About 350,000 people died that year
Honored to be a very frequent visitor of Clarks Island….great history there, and a huge rock near the center of the island. Perhaps the real Plymouth Rock?
I too have seen the boulder on Clarks Island and it is large. There are also inscriptions carved into the boulder, I was told from the Pilgrims. This is a piece of the history that few know about. Thanks for sharing!
I've been to Provincetown many times and always wondered why the Pilgrims did not settle there -- I figured it was because of lack of fresh water. But this video adds so much detail to the story. Thanks.
Love your videos. My birthday is Thanksgiving and I am from Marshfield. I grew up elsewhere but later was graduated from Harvard. So I feel a connection to the Pilgrims. You have done well to show how lucky the Pilgrims were to land when they did. The devastating change from the vibrant native world Champlain saw to what the Pilgrims experienced is plain and tragic.
Can I just say thank you sir. I’ve really enjoyed these couple videos regarding the mayflower. As someone who lives 20 mins away from Scrooby here in the north of England I was never aware of its importance in American history. I’m hoping to be able to find some reference to it in the local churches.
I grew up in Middleborough, Mass which is the area where my mother’s family settled between 1622-23. Our English predecessors are the Shiercliffe’s of England - Sheffield received its name from them.
Dear stranger, I regret to inform you: someone has misinformed you about the etymology of Sheffield, England. The origin of Sheffield has nothing to do with your Shiercliffe ancestors. The origin of the name Sheffield is the nearby river Sheaf (“Shef”) via the Anglo-Saxon shed where the letter d makes a -th sound ie Sheth, becomes Sheaf, becomes Sheff. Sheffield is already a named place in Domesday Book (ie after the Normans invade in 1066) but at that time had precisely zero inhabitants. (Everyone was dead.) Conversely, Shirecliffe is a place within “metro” Sheffield - Burngreave - but historically well outside of town. (So like, saying Brooklyn gets its name from Manhattan wouldn’t make any sense. They are merely nearby but have their own histories, and in different languages to boot.) Shirecliffe comes into named-existence much later, and for a long time was one hall (manor house) held by, among others, the Thwaites family. Some descendants of Thwaites coincidentally emigrated to colonial New England. I happen to have Thwaites ancestors in my family tree so I know this history. Separately, the etymology of Thwaites, and Feld, and the germanic name root Schier are all roughly the same: to clear, the clearing (of land), the felling (of trees); or, sometimes, clear as in pure. This may be a coincidence or may be indicative that different family names emerge from the same place and occupations over time, as the languages of the occupants/invaders change. In the case of Yorkshire that happened very many times: from Britonic languages, to Anglo/Saxon, to various versions of English, to Danish, to Norman-French etc. This is one of the most-conquered places in Europe, nevermind Britain. Lastly, the spelling Shier is either from southern England (Sussex: Shear, Shire) or a spelling morph of the Germanic Schier, which may be the same as the Yiddish name which is occupational (to teach the Talmud) as far as I know. Lastly, the suffix -Cliffe is about as English as it gets, and means what it sounds like, but also could be: coastline, shore, slope etc. This sort of makes sense as Sheffield is the confluence (or portage between) the ancient rivers Sheaf and Don; and Shirecliffe is right on the Don just north of town where a cleared forest slopes down to the river… Cheers,
This is great. You should provide a link to part 1. It's not difficult to find, but it's helpful to viewers who happen along on this and haven't yet seen part 1.
being from Plymouth County, MA in a small town called way back then Little Comfort" it eventuallu became Whitman MA and a leather goods manufacturing region. It was the best town and I miss it every day I think of it.and wish I was back,
Very Comprehensive. I never knew any of this. I feel for these people, suffering such poor conditions. I couldn't imagine what they were feeling as they ventured out with no social support, no know how, and obviously not a friendly welcome from the resident natives. Welcome to your new country.
Having grown up in Plymouth and surrounding towns, I learned a lot about the individual pilgrims but never learned about this. We have the recreated Mayflower here much of the year and I don’t believe they even mentioned this during my tours.
This was very good, embarrassed to say I didn't know a lot of this info. My family would have Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt's house on 11 Howes Lane, and I remember certain seats at the dinner table could see the Mayflower, which I thought was the original. One of a few very good memories of my childhood in the 70s and 80s
Absolutely amazing. Love the animations, not the highest quality but get the point across ( and kinda cute too )! I can watch hundreds of hours of this content. Please continue this style of history videos! Ps let me know if want help with visuals !
Thank you! I was excited to get the boats bobbing around in the water. I am experimenting with Adobe now, so I am excited to see where the graphics go.
I'm actually weeping for their perseverance and determination to survive, for their cooperation, for their faith, etc. Calling someone a pilgrim is the highest of compliments.
It is so much more instructive to get this day-by-day diary of events. It really makes their trials and tribulations come alive. I don't know why, but I didn't realize that along with muskets, they would have had axes, saws and shovels... all common tools of that time. And, wow, what a stroke of luck (for them) that the natives had already cleared land... and buried stores of seed.... and then died off, leaving much behind.
45 year Massachusetts (or should I say Corruptachusetts these days) resident. Ive been to most of the places on Cape Cod and the south shore that you talk about my favorite being the outer cape and especially the path to Pilgrim Springs.
You could probably make similar videos like this about the conquistadors or perhaps other American colonies I like how you show their movements in depth
Thank you! The Conquistadors would be a good topic. Thank you for the suggestion. I will need to take a Spanish course first, so I don't butcher the pronunciations.
This is great great stuff thank you for making these. Simply riveting. I envy their experience of discovering and creating even as hard and dangerous as it was. You have us on the hook when is part 3 coming out? Ha How do they get through the winter?
Bradford and Winslow in "Mourt's Relation" state [original spelling used]: "Not farre from this place we found the remainder of an old Fort, or Palizide, which as we conceived had beene made by some Christians". Nathaniel Philbrick says that this fort "must have been Martin Pring's seventeen-year-old fort." Pring had explored the area in 1603.
I might be wrong but didn't the Mayflower start at Harwich in Essex. But the ship was so leaky that it had to put into Plymouth for repairs before heading out across the Atlantic. I'm from Colchester Essex and some of my ancestors sailed on the Mayflower. You are welcome.
You might be thinking of the Speedwell. There were initially two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, and they did have to stop a few times, first at Southampton, then Dartmouth, then Plymouth. The Speedwell was determined to be not seaworthy, so the Mayflower became the sole ship for the expedition.
Thank you Jeff. Great presentation. Can you explain a bit about the other fishermen mentioned? Did they live in Maine and/or present day Canada, and if so, didn't they set up settlements or did they live on their boats? I can't understand how you go 3,000 miles to fish, and even if you are able to fill your hold with fish, to whom do you sell them? Thanks, Tom
By the late 1500s there are fishermen catching cod from Newfoundland to Cape Cod. I have read that these fishermen had camp structures in this area. The cod fishing industry was a major economy. The cod in North America--it is said--were so numerous that one could attach a box to a rope, drop it in, and pull up a box full of cod. The fisheries had so much economic clout that fishing rights were part of the treaties between empires, including the conclusion of the American Revolution. In addition to transporting the cod back to Europe, they probably also traded with the natives.
One interesting thing people often don’t consider about the first settlers in America or in the Massachusetts bay colony is when the settlers landed at Plymouth. It would’ve been possible to visit the towns of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Saint Augustine, Florida. Both towns which has been established for decades at the time of the first pilgrims.
Boston born grew up on the coast between the city and Plymouth, every weekend my parents would bring us to see the Rock, Again, but I loved it, the hill right behind the rock, the brooks that run into harbor and Plymouth harbor is probably the prettiest harbor I've ever been to, it's got deep channels, well protected by these spits of land that shoot out into ocean, it's underrated because you have to go out through the harbor to appreciate the entire area.
I have a dozen ancestors here,thank you for the well laid out story.
As a Cape Cod resident,these are my daily haunts..
Are those freshwater kettle ponds man made or natural. I worked summer of 85 in dennìsport and those ponds were great for swimming
@@danpatrick9080the kettle ponds are natural, formed at the end of the last Ice Age.
All of Cape Cod is a glacial moraine created by the edge of the ice sheet. As the glaciers retreated, some large blocks of ice were left behind and created depressions which became kettle ponds.
@jfinlay08 we are related. At least a dozen. John and Priscilla didn't know when to stop. They had the most children. Bradford and others were my wife's side. Several killed in King Philip's War. Party. Both Lexington and/or Concord, Bunker Hill, Long Island, crossing the Delaware. And so on. 😀😀😀😀
This is just so good, Jeffrey. As if the newspaper lands on your doorstep every day. Especially important is that the account doesn't shy away from describing the reality of locals living in what was to them a post-apocalyptic world - following a plague brought on by prior contact.
Thank you! That means a lot to me.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian You're doing great. Look forward to the next installment.
This is a nightmare for the natives who survived the plagues. Now albinos from the sea land like ghosts to steal their lands and rob from graves. In a way, it's like an echo of the sea peoples and the bronze age collapse. If this was a movie, I'd be rooting for the natives but knowing it's also their slow rolling Ragnarok.
That’s heavy thank you so true
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@@JeffreytheLibrarianThank you. Jesus bless you
Very nicely done! In 1979 I was stationed at Cape Cod Air Force Station (Pave Paws) just South of Plymouth on Sandwich, Mass's Flatrock Hill, a very high point on the Cape. From the roof of our 10-story radar building, you could see all the places from Provincetown to Chatham, Falmouth and Plymouth. I spent the next three years exploring all these areas, following the voyages as you described them. Wish I had your videos then!
Thank you for watching! That sounds like an awesome vantage point over the bay.
There is something so captivating about the way you tell this story. Please make part 3 as soon as possible!
I have it on the schedule. It takes a while to get it all together, but it will come.
Love this series! Next installment cant come soon enough!!!!
Much appreciated!
Fascinating series of events. Excellent telling of them by you, Jeff. Thank you! They arrived pretty much at the worst possible moment, the onset of winter and its weather. Today, we forget the bone chilling cold of that rain and snow. And covering those distances on the water. Every minute surviving was an act of heroism for these people.
Yes, winter is the worst time to be there. It actually took the English a while to realize how cold it would get in New England. They figured that it would be mild, because it was a lower latitude than the British Isles, so they figured it would be warmer than Britain, but it turned out to be colder.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian This is probable, but many from Europe were already in this region prior to the pilgrims and one would think they knew that the winters here were far worse. They didn't intend to land on the Cape though, they intended to go much farther south.
As an 11th great-grandson of John Alden, my understanding of the Mayflower colonization was always vague. Turkeys, corn Plymouth Rock, pilgrims having Thanksgiving with the Indians - a great big jumble. Thank you for such an enlightening account - as well as the graphics! 👍🏻
Thank you! I great appreciate it!
I love your pace and attention to details, really clear delivery and enjoyable watch. Thank you!
Thank you!
Love the first hand accounts and the effort for contextual historical accuracy
Thank you for watching!
Sitting here with my hot cocoa watching this, just pure heaven. Thank you
Thank you for watching!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Here in 2024 my RUclips explorations found a new corn hill to feed my curious explorers mind. Absolutely outstanding and exciting telling. Thank you so much!
Thank you, friend!
Really hope there’re plans for a part three. These videos are great.
I plan on going and going!
Fantastic visuals - made their arrival and first experiences so real rather than facts in a text book
Great job!
Thank you!
Once again, a fascinating and informative video.
I've said it before and will say it again. History teachers should be taking full advantage of your videos in the classroom today.
Thank you!
Love the animations. Thank u Jeffrey
Thank you, friend!
I am 42 and in my youth history used to be boring because my teachers never knew stuff like this and I was the kid that asked to many questions.This is the exact stuff ive always needed..thank you
Thank you! We are the same age.
Excellent! Thanks for the details that we never get in school.👍
School was a joke. I learned way more on my own after.
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Thank you for watching!
Fascinating. I didn't know any of the Cape Cod history of the pilgrims. I'm in New Hampshire native who spent summers on Cape Cod at my grandfather's house.
Well done.
King Philips(metacom) war, One of the most deadly wars (per capita) in America and a turning point in native and English relationship would
Be an interesting series.
This chapter in history is widely overlooked.
Enjoyed that! Both of my GGGGGGGGGG- grand fathers, William White and Degory Priest, Died that winter and spring of '21. Their families, some how survived. Thanks for the well done history lesson.
Thank you for watching!
I listened to EVERY SINGLE WORD. Been to the cape 38 times I love it there AWESOME
Thank you for watching! New England is beautiful.
Thank you, Jeffrey!
Thank you for watching!
I greatly enjoy many of your videos but this was my favorite yet. The hardships the pilgrims went through make for an excellent story…. A story I ignorantly knew little about until watching this splendid video. Cheers 🍻
Thank you so much, that really means a lot to me!
It means a lot that you use your time to make educational videos that are simultaneously entertaining. Thanks again
Oh this is the best, exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Thank you!
I found this very informative and educational! I had no idea that the pilgrims actually made landfall on the Cape!
They had a lot of exploring to do before they found a suitable place.
Beautifully done and excellent narration. Enjoying the series so far immensely!
Thank you!
The graphics dept deserves a raise!
Thank you for the nice comments. I am doing some experiments with 3D. I have at least reached a Windows 95 level of 3D animation.
Just got back from from a nine-day vacation in Provincetown, and now devouring this kind of info. Thanks.
The little boat rocking and wave animations go so hard🔥
I like the bobbing boats too. I am experimenting with 3d animation. I know it looks Windows 95 right now, but I will slowly build my skills.
@@JeffreytheLibrariani honestly kind of enjoy the old timey animation… something nostalgic to it
Excellent work and very engaging…. You’re nailing American history
Thank you!
Wow, I like how clear and engaging your storytelling is
Thank you!
Way back in the 60’s when I was taught about the Pilgrims our history books made little mention about the diseases introduced by earlier settlers had devastated the Indian populations just a couple of years before they arrived. In hindsight a very relevant part of the story. Your even tempo and clear pronunciation of words along with your use of maps make your videos easy to watch and follow along. Great channel. Thanks
For comparison, COVID 19 caused over a quarter million deaths in 2020 in US becoming the 3rd leading cause of death that year. About 350,000 people died that year
I appreciate your kind comments! Thank you for watching!
Great videos on the Plymouth settlement. A great book on this is "they knew they were pilgrims"
Thank you for the book recommendation!
i loved this more than any recreation. i don't know why, just plain awesome.
Thank you, friend!
Fantastic content sir
I appreciate it!
Thank you. This was an excellent presentation of history I didn't know. 💯
Thank you for watching!
Honored to be a very frequent visitor of Clarks Island….great history there, and a huge rock near the center of the island. Perhaps the real Plymouth Rock?
A few folks have wondered about the stone on Clarks Island. I go with the mainland stone, which was much larger in 1620. It's been split to pieces.
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The rock on Clark’s Island is probably 10-15 feet high by 20-30 feet long
I too have seen the boulder on Clarks Island and it is large. There are also inscriptions carved into the boulder, I was told from the Pilgrims. This is a piece of the history that few know about. Thanks for sharing!
I've been to Provincetown many times and always wondered why the Pilgrims did not settle there -- I figured it was because of lack of fresh water. But this video adds so much detail to the story. Thanks.
Yes, the Pilgrims had to find a place with freshwater. I wonder if they also felt the Provincetown area was too hemmed in, and not defensible.
Never seen this story in so much detail! I hope you continue their story
Thanks for watching!
oh awesome. I've been waiting for this for months
It takes a while to get them put together, but the final product makes it worthwhile.
Love your videos. My birthday is Thanksgiving and I am from Marshfield. I grew up elsewhere but later was graduated from Harvard. So I feel a connection to the Pilgrims.
You have done well to show how lucky the Pilgrims were to land when they did. The devastating change from the vibrant native world Champlain saw to what the Pilgrims experienced is plain and tragic.
That's so neat that you have connections like that with the Pilgrims. Thank you for watching!
They enjoyed water and beer on the Mayflower. Oh how wonderful.
I'm glad they got a day to relax. It would be so hard to live then.
Beer was safer to drink than most sources of water. Don’t assume it was a party ship, it was a necessity.
On Christmas Day!
Sid Meier's Colonization is my favorite game until this day. History of those times is very interesting for me.
I have played that game too. I was always good at making a really neat colony, and then I would get crushed after I declared independence.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian please hurry up with the 3rd part don't take months, this is so good.
Fantastic video with great detail! Can’t wait for the next part.
Thanks for watching!
Exceptionally done.
Can't wait to see what else you have done.
Thank you! More to come!
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Heck, I'm still working on your old stuff, but that's good to know.
Nice work.
Jeffery's use of visuals & maps make his videos so good for learniing.
Thank you!
Appreciate your commentary. As a direct descendent of Myles Standish, this was interesting.
I love your videos. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
Can I just say thank you sir. I’ve really enjoyed these couple videos regarding the mayflower. As someone who lives 20 mins away from Scrooby here in the north of England I was never aware of its importance in American history. I’m hoping to be able to find some reference to it in the local churches.
Thank you, friend!
Miles Standish has a monument in my town 🥰
These videos always hit different when you've visited most of the places mentioned several times.
Great, as usual. Thank you, Jeffrey!
Much appreciated!
I grew up in Middleborough, Mass which is the area where my mother’s family settled between 1622-23. Our English predecessors are the Shiercliffe’s of England - Sheffield received its name from them.
Dear stranger,
I regret to inform you: someone has misinformed you about the etymology of Sheffield, England.
The origin of Sheffield has nothing to do with your Shiercliffe ancestors. The origin of the name Sheffield is the nearby river Sheaf (“Shef”) via the Anglo-Saxon shed where the letter d makes a -th sound ie Sheth, becomes Sheaf, becomes Sheff.
Sheffield is already a named place in Domesday Book (ie after the Normans invade in 1066) but at that time had precisely zero inhabitants. (Everyone was dead.) Conversely, Shirecliffe is a place within “metro” Sheffield - Burngreave - but historically well outside of town. (So like, saying Brooklyn gets its name from Manhattan wouldn’t make any sense. They are merely nearby but have their own histories, and in different languages to boot.) Shirecliffe comes into named-existence much later, and for a long time was one hall (manor house) held by, among others, the Thwaites family. Some descendants of Thwaites coincidentally emigrated to colonial New England. I happen to have Thwaites ancestors in my family tree so I know this history.
Separately, the etymology of Thwaites, and Feld, and the germanic name root Schier are all roughly the same: to clear, the clearing (of land), the felling (of trees); or, sometimes, clear as in pure. This may be a coincidence or may be indicative that different family names emerge from the same place and occupations over time, as the languages of the occupants/invaders change. In the case of Yorkshire that happened very many times: from Britonic languages, to Anglo/Saxon, to various versions of English, to Danish, to Norman-French etc. This is one of the most-conquered places in Europe, nevermind Britain.
Lastly, the spelling Shier is either from southern England (Sussex: Shear, Shire) or a spelling morph of the Germanic Schier, which may be the same as the Yiddish name which is occupational (to teach the Talmud) as far as I know. Lastly, the suffix -Cliffe is about as English as it gets, and means what it sounds like, but also could be: coastline, shore, slope etc. This sort of makes sense as Sheffield is the confluence (or portage between) the ancient rivers Sheaf and Don; and Shirecliffe is right on the Don just north of town where a cleared forest slopes down to the river…
Cheers,
Love the little animations. They really add to the story being told!
Thank you! I am experimenting with 3d, so I will try to refine it as I go.
This is great. You should provide a link to part 1. It's not difficult to find, but it's helpful to viewers who happen along on this and haven't yet seen part 1.
Yes, I need to embrace the in-video link stamps. It takes me a while to adapt to these things.
being from Plymouth County, MA in a small town called way back then Little Comfort" it eventuallu became Whitman MA and a leather goods manufacturing region. It was the best town and I miss it every day I think of it.and wish I was back,
This is such an awesome video. Your animations compared with the pictures and tracking the journey, it’s so great. Subscribed
Thank you!
Fantastic job of telling the story.👍👍
Thank you!
Very Comprehensive. I never knew any of this. I feel for these people, suffering such poor conditions. I couldn't imagine what they were feeling as they ventured out with no social support, no know how, and obviously not a friendly welcome from the resident natives. Welcome to your new country.
Thank you for watching!
Wonderfully done! So interesting to follow the daily activities
Yea this was a great listen 👍
Thank you!
Those are some impressive graphics from 1982
Try 1992. You would need at least Windows 3.1 to do that.
Having grown up in Plymouth and surrounding towns, I learned a lot about the individual pilgrims but never learned about this. We have the recreated Mayflower here much of the year and I don’t believe they even mentioned this during my tours.
Really Excellent! Thank you so much!
thanks for watching!
This was very good, embarrassed to say I didn't know a lot of this info. My family would have Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt's house on 11 Howes Lane, and I remember certain seats at the dinner table could see the Mayflower, which I thought was the original. One of a few very good memories of my childhood in the 70s and 80s
I subscribed and am looking forward to checking out the rest of your catalog, thank
This was great! I’m still waiting on Part 3 about the actual settlement.
Thank you! I am going back to the Civil War but then I will get back to Plymouth.
This was outstanding.
Absolutely amazing. Love the animations, not the highest quality but get the point across ( and kinda cute too )!
I can watch hundreds of hours of this content. Please continue this style of history videos!
Ps let me know if want help with visuals !
Thank you! I was excited to get the boats bobbing around in the water. I am experimenting with Adobe now, so I am excited to see where the graphics go.
I'm actually weeping for their perseverance and determination to survive, for their cooperation, for their faith, etc. Calling someone a pilgrim is the highest of compliments.
They certainly had many challenges, but they stuck it out.
Yeah but they were also weirdo’s
Great video, can’t wait for the next one!!
I am working on Civil War stuff now, but I will return to Plymouth in the future.
excellent account. I portray history in costume. I found this most helpful
Thank you for watching!
Wow they were strong people
You bet. I can't imagine doing that in winter.
It is so much more instructive to get this day-by-day diary of events. It really makes their trials and tribulations come alive. I don't know why, but I didn't realize that along with muskets, they would have had axes, saws and shovels... all common tools of that time. And, wow, what a stroke of luck (for them) that the natives had already cleared land... and buried stores of seed.... and then died off, leaving much behind.
The pilgrims definitely came ready. They definitely got lucky to find Plymouth Harbor.
Love this Mayflower series!
I enjoy making it. More to come.
All history should paint a picture like this.
These were some hard and brave people! :D
Agreed!
45 year Massachusetts (or should I say Corruptachusetts these days) resident. Ive been to most of the places on Cape Cod and the south shore that you talk about my favorite being the outer cape and especially the path to Pilgrim Springs.
Lots of folks wish they could live there. Beautiful landscape!
I was a little kid in Welfleet. Dad in USAF. I can understand the need for a stop to get beer in Cape Cod 🍻
I live in Weymouth, Ma. I hope you continue this series and cover Standish and others meeting with Indigenous men here in Weymouth.
I will keep going. It takes a while to get the production together, but it will come.
RUclips had this cued up for me when I got off work
I hope you enjoy it!
As always, fantastic.
Thank you!
You could probably make similar videos like this about the conquistadors or perhaps other American colonies I like how you show their movements in depth
Thank you! The Conquistadors would be a good topic. Thank you for the suggestion. I will need to take a Spanish course first, so I don't butcher the pronunciations.
Very Interesting and nicely narrated!
thank you!
8:49 very interesting and neat that they were thoughtful to respect what they perceive to be graves.
I think some of them felt like they were being watched (and they were), and many definitely believed in a universal code for the respect of the dead.
Great stuff, love the upgraded graphics
Thank you! I have achieved a Windows 95 level animation level that can only get more polished as time goes by.
I absolutely loved this video. Will there be a part 3?!
Never change the animations.
I'm dying to play Mayflower 64
I want to make an 8-bit version of this, but I don't know if a large portion of the audience would get the humor.
There's plenty more 486-era graphics to come.
I love you Jeffrey ❤ thank you so many❤
Thank you for watching!
My parent brought us to Corn Hill when we were kids. It was late fall and rainy when we went, i'm not surprised they moved on to Plymouth instead lol
However, I bet the fish and chips there are pretty good.
This is great great stuff thank you for making these. Simply riveting. I envy their experience of discovering and creating even as hard and dangerous as it was. You have us on the hook when is part 3 coming out? Ha How do they get through the winter?
Thank you for the nice comments. I am turning back to the Civil War, but then I will start work on Part 3. The first winter is very, very rough.
I have been looking for anything on the “Old Fort” near Corn Hill you mentioned. Very limited information available. What were you able to find?
Bradford and Winslow in "Mourt's Relation" state [original spelling used]:
"Not farre from this place we found the remainder of an old Fort, or Palizide, which as we conceived had beene made by some Christians".
Nathaniel Philbrick says that this fort "must have been Martin Pring's seventeen-year-old fort." Pring had explored the area in 1603.
I might be wrong but didn't the Mayflower start at Harwich in Essex. But the ship was so leaky that it had to put into Plymouth for repairs before heading out across the Atlantic.
I'm from Colchester Essex and some of my ancestors sailed on the Mayflower.
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You might be thinking of the Speedwell. There were initially two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, and they did have to stop a few times, first at Southampton, then Dartmouth, then Plymouth. The Speedwell was determined to be not seaworthy, so the Mayflower became the sole ship for the expedition.
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Thank you Jeff. Great presentation. Can you explain a bit about the other fishermen mentioned? Did they live in Maine and/or present day Canada, and if so, didn't they set up settlements or did they live on their boats? I can't understand how you go 3,000 miles to fish, and even if you are able to fill your hold with fish, to whom do you sell them? Thanks, Tom
By the late 1500s there are fishermen catching cod from Newfoundland to Cape Cod. I have read that these fishermen had camp structures in this area. The cod fishing industry was a major economy. The cod in North America--it is said--were so numerous that one could attach a box to a rope, drop it in, and pull up a box full of cod. The fisheries had so much economic clout that fishing rights were part of the treaties between empires, including the conclusion of the American Revolution. In addition to transporting the cod back to Europe, they probably also traded with the natives.
Awesome video 🤝🏻
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Thomas Rodgers was our descendent from the Mayflower . He died that winter leaving his son alone. Trying to find the family who took him in.
One interesting thing people often don’t consider about the first settlers in America or in the Massachusetts bay colony is when the settlers landed at Plymouth. It would’ve been possible to visit the towns of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Saint Augustine, Florida. Both towns which has been established for decades at the time of the first pilgrims.
That’s a cool fact
Nicely done!
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Boston born grew up on the coast between the city and Plymouth, every weekend my parents would bring us to see the Rock, Again, but I loved it, the hill right behind the rock, the brooks that run into harbor and Plymouth harbor is probably the prettiest harbor I've ever been to, it's got deep channels, well protected by these spits of land that shoot out into ocean, it's underrated because you have to go out through the harbor to appreciate the entire area.
Thank you for your nice perspective. The Pilgrims found a great place to start a settlement.
Brilliant, thank you.
Much appreciated!
Can you make a video about the food available to the pilgrims?
I imagine I will cover that in the next video, as food becomes a critical issue during that first winter.
@@JeffreytheLibrariangreat job here I watched the entire thing A+
Perfect! Thank you!
Thank you!