Chronicle Writer of Bermuda Shipwreck and Early Virginia

Chronicle Writer of Bermuda Shipwreck and Early Virginia

William Strachey

An English writer, chronicler, and colonial administrator. An important figure who recorded the early history of Jamestown, he is particularly known for personally experiencing the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck and documenting it in detail. He also served as secretary of the Virginia Colony, leaving behind records on the language and society of the Indigenous Powhatan people.

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Year William Strachey
1572
Birth of William Strachey (Period: April 4, 1572)
1609
First Anglo-Powhatan War (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1609–1614)
1621
Death of William Strachey (Age: 49 years old, Period: August 1621)

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