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(Daily Press) The historical image of James Fort that is used as a logo for the Jamestown Rediscovery Project and Historic Jamestowne may be leading archaeologists to John Smith’s long-lost town.
The hand-drawn James Fort derives from an intriguing 1608 map that archeologists call the Zuñiga Map. The map is named after Pedro de Zuñiga, the Spanish ambassador who had sent a copy of John Smith’s original 1608 map of Virginia from England to Spain during that same year.
Now, a flag on the map has led to the excavation of a new site that holds promises of additional discoveries. But archaeologists remain in a race with time and the tides to uncover what John Smith wrote in his last writings regarding the layout of the town.
The Zuñiga Map is named after Pedro de Zuñiga, the Spanish ambassador who had sent a copy of John Smith’s original
