Keywords: Popham Colony
Item 55345
Recreated bellarmine jug, Popham Colony, ca. 1600
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1600 Location: Phippsburg Media: Pottery
Item 55347
Cabasset cheek piece from Popham Colony, Phippsburg, ca. 1607-1608
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Iron, steel
Exhibit
George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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"Known as the Popham or Sagadahock Colony, it barely lasted a year, from 1607-1608. The region was also impacted by the 1621 grant given by the…"
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"“The Paradox of Sagadahoc: The Popham Colony, 1607-1608.” Early American Studies 12, no. 1 (Winter 2014): 1-35. Champlain, Samuel de."