The Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, the wrecking of which in Bermuda is widely thought to have been the inspiration for Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. She was the flagship of the Virginia Company, and was a highly unusual vessel for her day.
Read more about Sea Venture: The Virginia Company, The Construction of The Sea Venture, The Loss of The Sea Venture, Deliverance and Patience, Postscript, See Also
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