Maps & Timeline
1620 TIMELINE
JULY 15
Mayflower departed London.
JULY 19
Mayflower arrived at Southampton Harbor.
JULY 22
Speedwell departed Delfshaven.
JULY 25
Speedwell arrived at Southampton Harbor.
AUGUST 5
Both ships departed Southampton Harbor.
AUGUST 10
Both ships turned back; Speedwell was leaking.
AUGUST 12
Both ships arrived at Dartmouth Harbor; Speedwell was repaired.
AUGUST 23
Both ships departed Dartmouth Harbor.
AUGUST 26
Both ships turned back; Speedwell was still leaking.
AUGUST 28
Both ships arrived at Plymouth Harbor; Speedwell was deemed "unseaworthy."
SEPTEMBER 6
Mayflower departed Plymouth Harbor without the Speedwell.
NOVEMBER 9
Sighted land at Cape Cod; turned south along the coast; sailed into dangerous waters and turned back.
NOVEMBER 11
Mayflower anchored at Cape Cod Harbor.
DECEMBER 25
Tried to sail across the bay to Plymouth, but the wind was too strong; returned to Cape Cod Harbor.
DECEMBER 26
Mayflower sailed across the bay, anchored at Plymouth Harbor.
DID YOU KNOW?
Virginia referred to the land in America claimed by England. The Mayflower's intended destination was not in the present-day state of Virginia.
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The Universalis Cosmographia, created by Martin Waldseemüller in 1507, is the first map of the Americas in which the name "America" is mentioned.
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The Pilgrims almost certainly had access to a map of "New England" published by Captain John Smith in 1616.
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Plymouth was not named by the Pilgrims; John Smith had already named the area [New] Plimouth on his 1616 map.
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