Jamestown Colony: Quick Facts

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Reconstructed timber-framed houses and outbuildings surrounded by trees at Jamestown Settlement living history museum in Virginia.

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Map highlighting the location of Jamestown Colony in southeastern Virginia, near the Atlantic coast. Surrounding states including Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and West Virginia are also shown. An inset globe in the top left corner marks the region's position in eastern North America.

Illustration of Jamestown Fort, Virginia, around 1608, showing a triangular wooden palisade with tents and buildings inside, located beside a river.

Painting of the early 1600s Jamestown village on the James River in Virginia, showing a fortified settlement, ships in the water, and a winding river through forested land.

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