Photo of the Day
The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor
Wednesday 16 September 2026
The Mayflower left Plymouth, England, on 16 September 1620.
William Halsall's 1882 painting of the Mayflower at anchor. The ship carried 102 passengers from Plymouth, England, across the Atlantic in 66 days, leaving on 16 September 1620 (6 September in the calendar of the time) and sighting Cape Cod in November.
Fun facts
- The Mayflower was a cargo ship, used mostly for carrying wine, not a passenger vessel. source ↗
- A baby, Oceanus Hopkins, was born during the crossing. source ↗
- The passengers had meant to settle near the Hudson River but ended up far to the north after rough seas. source ↗
- Nobody knows what the ship really looked like; the painting and the replica at Plymouth are both educated guesses. source ↗
- Image
- William Halsall · Pilgrim Hall Museum
- Licence
- Public domain
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons