Montague Dawson

L.G.G. Ramsey, Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1970, Cat.no.159
R. Ranson, The Maritime Paintings of Montague Dawson, Newton Abbot, 1993, p. 50, illustrated

Mayflower II is a reproduction of the 17th-century ship, Mayflower, famous for transporting a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to America, what they considered to be the "New World," in 1620. The reproduction was built in Devon, England between 1955 and 1956 in a collaboration between Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Patuxet (then known as Plimoth Plantation), a living history museum. On April 20, 1957, Mayflower II was sailed from Plymouth, Devon across the Atlantic Ocean to Plymouth, Massachusetts, recreating the original voyage. Mayflower II arrived at Plymouth on June 22 and was towed up the East River into New York City on July 1. Recently restored, Mayflower II is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and remains accessible to audiences today.