George Weymouth

George Weymouth (kimanin 1585 - kimanin 1612) ɗan ƙasar Ingila ne kuma mai mulkin mallaka na yankin da jihar Maine ke mamaye yanzu. George Weymouth ɗan asalin Cockington ne, Devon, wanda ya yi ƙuruciyarsa yana nazarin gina jiragen ruwa da lissafi. Tafiye-tafiyensa suna daga cikin farkon hulɗar da aka rubuta tsakanin ƙasashen Wabanaki da mutanen Arewacin Turai .

 Tafiye-tafiye 
A shekara ta 1602, an ɗauki Weymouth aiki don neman hanyar arewa maso yamma zuwa Indiya ta hannun Kamfanin Gabashin Indiya da aka kafa kwanan nan.  Ya yi jigilar jirgin <i id="mwGQ">Discovery</i> mil ɗari uku zuwa Hudson Strait  amma ya koma a ranar 26 ga Yuli, domin shekarar ta yi nisa kuma maza da yawa suna rashin lafiya. Weymouth ya isa Dartmouth a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1602.

 Tafiya ta 1605 
A watan Maris na shekarar 1605, membobin manyan sarakunan Ingila, Thomas Arundell da Henry Wriothesley, sun aika Kyaftin Weymouth don ya kafa wani yanki a "Virginia" (wurin da Virginia ke nufin ƙasashen gabas ta bakin tekun Arewacin Amurka waɗanda Faransa ko Spain ba su mulke su ba) a ƙarƙashin dabarar neman hanyar arewa maso yamma .  Weymouth ta yi tafiya daga Ingila a ranar 31 ga Maris, 1605, a cikin jirgin ruwa mai suna Archangel  ta sauka kusa da Monhegan a bakin tekun Maine a ranar 17 ga Mayu, 1605. Ta amfani da wani yanki mai kama da dutse mai suna The Light Horseman, Weymouth ta bincika yankin Penobscot da kuma hanyoyin shiga. 

An buga rahoton tafiyar, wanda James Rosier ya rubuta (wanda Arundell ya yi hayar don yin cikakken bayani), jim kaɗan bayan mutanen sun dawo daga balaguron su. Ƙasidar ta bayyana albarkatun da mazauna tsibirin da bakin tekun Maine ke da su (tashoshin jiragen ruwa, koguna, ƙasa, bishiyoyi, 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan lambu na daji, da sauransu). James Rosier, zai rubuta cewa Monhegan "yana da dazuzzuka, an noma shi da Firre, Birch, Oke da Beech, kamar yadda muke faɗa a bakin teku; kuma yana iya kasancewa a ciki. A gefensa ana shuka Gooseberries, Strawberries, Pease na daji, da kuma bishiyoyin rose na Wilde." [1]

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