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Christopher Newport was an English seaman and privateer who captained the Susan Constant, the largest ship that carried settlers to establish Jamestown in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He also commanded the Godspeed and the Discovery on the same voyage. Newport led multiple supply voyages between England and Jamestown and later captained the Sea Venture, the Virginia Company's flagship, which was shipwrecked in Bermuda during the Third Supply mission. Christopher Newport University in Virginia is named in his honor.
