“Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers, and by wars, and some departed suddenly, but for the most part they died of mere famine.”

George Percy

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About George Percy

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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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