“So great was our famine, that a savage we slew and buried, the poorer sort took him up again and ate him, and so did diverse one another boiled and stewed with roots and herbs.”

— George Percy

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About George Percy

Explorer • English

George Percy was a notable English explorer and colonial governor who played a significant role in the early history of the Jamestown settlement. Born into the aristocratic Percy family, he was one of the original...

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