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George Weymouth (Waymouth)(c. 1585-c. 1612) was an English explorer of the area now occupied by the state of Maine. ==Voyages== George Weymouth (c. 1585-c. 1612) was a native of Cockington, Devon, who spent his youth studying shipbuilding and mathematics. In 1602 Weymouth was hired to seek a northwest passage to India by the recently formed East India Company.〔(Dunbabin, Thomas "Waymouth, George", ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 5, 2015 )〕 He sailed the ship ''Discovery'' 300 miles into Hudson Strait〔Glyn Williams,"Arctic Labyrinth",2009, p. 45〕 but turned back on 26 July, as the year was far spent and many men were ill. Weymouth reached Dartmouth 5 Sept. 1602. In March 1605 Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton sent Captain Weymouth to found a colony in Virginia.〔Akrigg, G.P.V. (1968). Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press〕 Weymouth sailed from England on March 5, 1605 on the ship ''Archangel''〔Drake, Samuel Adams. ''The Pine-tree Coast'', (Estes & Lauriat, 1890), 218.〕 and landed near Monhegan on May 17, 1605. James Rosier, who accompanied Weymouth on this expedition, would write that Monhegan was "woody, growen with Firre, Birch, Oke and Beech, as farre as we say along the shore; and so likely to be within. On the verge grow Gooseberries, Strawberries, Wild pease, and Wilde rose bushes."〔(" Rosier's Relation of George Weymouth's 1605 Voyage" ), in Ronald F. Banks, Ed., 1969, ''A History of Maine: A Collection of Readings on the History of Maine 1600 - 1974'', Third Edition, scanned online by Davistown Museum, accessed 20 Oct 2009〕Weymouth named the island "Saint George", after the patron saint of England.〔 He explored the coast of Maine, including Penobscot Bay, before returning to England in mid June〔("Annual Report of the Director, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to the Secretary of Commerce", U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1885 )〕 with several Patuxet: they were ''Nahanada/Dehanada'', ''Assacumet'', "Manida", ''Shetawarroes'', and ''Tisquantum''. Weymouth presented the latter three to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, governor of Plymouth Fort, thus piquing Gorges's interest in exploration.〔("The Plymouth Company", ''Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art'', Vol. 14, Devon, England, 1882, p. 342 )〕 In Britain, the North American tree species ''Pinus strobus'' is referred to as the "Weymouth Pine", in honor of George Weymouth. In July 2005 the Historical Society of Thomaston, Maine celebrated the 400 anniversary of Weymouth's voyage to Maine.〔(The Waymouth 400th Anniversary Celebration )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Weymouth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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