Some of our Favorite Jamestowne Web Sites

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Historic Jamestowne is jointly administered by the National Park Service (NPS), which owns the majority of the 1500 acre island, and The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), which owns 22½ acres.
(These links will give you the latest news and other information about APVA’s Jamestowne Rediscovery Dig, its new Archearium and other important tips and facts about current archeological research and what’s going on at and near the site of the original fort and colony.)

An interesting web site about Pace’s Paine, the large farm that belonged to Jamestowne ancestors Richard and Isabel Pace.

America's 400th Anniversary
of the founding of Jamestowne and the birth of America was celebrated May 2006 through November 2007.

If you’re planning to visit the area in the coming months go to theses web sites: http://www.historyisfun.org/2007/2007main.cfm. Also, you can go to: http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/index.aspx

The official educational curriculum site for the 400th Anniversary of Jamestowne

The Jamestowne Society

John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages, 1607-1609 John Smith was an intrepid early explorer of Chesapeake Bay and the Virginia Tidewater. His charts and maps of the area were so accurate that they were used for almost 300 years. This site gives you a good idea of what he did. Also see two other complementing sites: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/chesapeake/. For more on this, go to: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/smith_voyages/introduction.html

Jamestowne- Why There? This site offers a good but brief history of the first permanent and enduring English colony in America.

Jamestowne Game - Interactive Learning