This picture is supposed to show the settlement at Jamestown. I believe it is innacurate. One reason I say this is because, even though it was a triangle, the fort had circular portions on each corner. This circular parts housed cannons and one of them is thought to be the powder house. They served many purposes and are not shown here. This picture also shows there being two entry ways that look very open to me. The fort at Jamestown was built to keep others out. I do not think that the fort would be kept open in two spots like the picture shows. The fort had to have an opening, but I do not feel as if it would be this open. James town is also now thought to be much bigger than I expected. This picture shows it fairly small with a few large buildings. In diagrams I have seen from excavations, there was much space, and many big and small buildings. I do not feel that this picture is accurate and I also do not understand why it is on a site that when you enter the exhibit, is a History Channel website.
This picture kind of makes it seem like Jamestown was this little wimpy fort on the coast where colonist freely left the fort and entered it whenever they wanted. From the movies and class discussions we've had, Jamestown was a very big area with a very strong and well-protected forts. It's strange that almost every picture you find on Google when you search "Jamestown" is inaccurate one way or the other!
ReplyDeleteThat picture does not have places for the cannons either. Didn't we hear in class they had three towers for protection? The excavation part is neat, too. That picture sure does not have a lot of large and small buildings. It looks like a cop out on the buildings, or they just didn't know all of the facts yet.
ReplyDeleteBoth of you guys bring up interesting points! Everything we have discussed does say that Jamestown was a powerful fort, and yes, every picture does seem to be inaccurate. That is one of the reasons that I chose to do my blog on this!
ReplyDeleteThe buildings do look like a cop out. I do not understand how people seem to know so little about what seems to be the founding colony, or what they do know is not accurate.
Remember that there were no pictures taken at Jamestown and that until the archeology discovery, no one was able to actually tell exactly what Jamestown looked like. Good post. Good ideas. Good picture.
ReplyDeleteI really like this picture, but yea you are right it is probably unreliable because the colonists wouldnt have that large of openings to get in and out of. But this picture is a good tool to show what the fort consisted of.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's cool! That's a really creative idea for a post, haha. Your reasons make sense, too--especially about the openings. That would make the fort kind of useless if it was really that open!
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