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Mayflower: Mayflower Ii
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The Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World. [1] The replica was built in Devon, England, during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton[2] and an American museum, Plimoth Plantation, combining the American museum's ship blueprints with construction by old traditional methods of English shipbuilders.[1] On April 20, 1957, recreating the original voyage, Mayflower II was sailed across the Atlantic Ocean,[1] under the command of Alan Villiers. Afterwards, Villiers and crew received a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
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Mayflower II is a square rigged-vessel that is about 25 feet wide and 106 feet long, displacing 236 tons of water. She has 4 masts, including a mainmast, foremast, mizzen and sprit, with a total of 6 sails. You may walk around the main deck, orlop deck, and half deck.
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On Thanksgiving 1970 (350th anniversary of Mayflower landing), Native American activists (with Russell Means) seized Mayflower II in protest. The ship is seaworthy and sailed to Providence, RI in 2002. It is open for tours near Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, MA. The ship is still owned by Plimoth Plantation.
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Mayflower II has many stories to tell and many people to tell them. You will meet staff in modern-day clothing who speak from a present-day perspective. They can talk with you about the original Mayflower as well as the reproduction vessel Mayflower II. Along side are reproductions of a 17th-century shallop and a ship's boat. You may recognize this ship's boat from the Emmy-nominated PBS series Colonial House or the recent feature film, The New World.
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Careful research went into designing a replica, the Mayflower II (launched September 22, 1956), to resemble its namesake in every detail. This vessel is now part of the Plimoth Plantation living museum, near Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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