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CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT

Christopher Newport was an English colonist. He was born about 1565. He was one of the founders of Jamestown, Virgina in 1606. In 1608 he brought settlers and supplies to the colonists from England and returned with a cargo of yellow mica, thinking it was gold. He again went over to America in 1610 with Lord Delaware. He returned to England in 1612. He wrote 'Discoveries in America.'
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