Christopher Levett
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Captain Christopher Levett was an English writer, explorer and naval captain, born at York, England. He explored the coast of New England and secured a grant from the king to settle present-day Portla
Frontispiece, A Voyage into New-England, Begun in 1623, and Ended in 1624, Performed by Christopher Levett, his Majesties Woodward of Somersetshire, and one of the Councell of New-England
All Saints' Church, Pavement, York, baptism of Christopher Levett, 5 April 1586
Fort Levett and Ram Island Ledge, Cushing Island, Maine, 1909
James Phinney Baxter, mayor, Portland, Maine, and Maine historian
Ferdinando Gorges
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Sir Ferdinando Gorges was a naval and military commander and governor of the important port of Plymouth in England. He was involved in Essex's Rebellion against the Queen, but escaped punishment by te
Christopher Levett
…the shadow of Sir Walter Raleigh and other adventurers, Levett became interested in the colonisation of New England. Levett became associated with Sir Ferdinando Gorges and was appointed to the Council for New England. He was granted 6,000 acres (24 km2) of land by King James I of England for a settlement in present-day…
Quartered arms of Gorges on the chest-tomb of Sir Edmund Gorges (d. 1512) and his wife Lady Anne Howard, showing Gorges (modern) and Russell, All Saints’ Church, Wraxall, Somerset
America Painted to the Life, book published in London, 1659, by Ferdinando Gorges Esq., grandson of Ferdinando Gorges