Captain Christopher Newport

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Jamestown,_Virginia
gptkb:Virginia_Company
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Limehouse,_London,_England
gptkbp:birthYear 1561
gptkbp:children gptkb:Christopher_Newport_Jr.
gptkb:Elizabeth_Newport
gptkb:Jane_Newport
gptkb:John_Newport
gptkb:Katherine_Newport
gptkb:Mary_Newport
gptkb:Sarah_Newport
gptkb:Benjamin_Newport
gptkb:Rebecca_Newport
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bantam,_Java,_Dutch_East_Indies
gptkbp:deathYear 1617
gptkbp:employer gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:Virginia_Company
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:West_Indies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Christopher Newport
gptkbp:legacy Christopher Newport University named after him
Newport News, Virginia named after him
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent lost his right arm in battle
gptkbp:notableFor helping to establish the first permanent English settlement in America
transporting the first English colonists to Virginia
commanding the Susan Constant
leading the 1607 voyage to establish Jamestown
making four supply voyages to Jamestown
making several supply voyages to Jamestown
privateering against Spanish ships
serving as Admiral of the Virginia Company fleet
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:pirate
sea captain
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:shipCommanded gptkb:Discovery
gptkb:Godspeed
gptkb:Susan_Constant
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Katherine_Proctor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Founding_of_Jamestown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6