Pocahontas is most famously linked to the English colonist Captain John Smith, who arrived in Virginia with just more than a hundred other settlers in April 1607. Historical records do not suggest that Smith and Pocahontas were lovers, or even that she was a suitable age for such a relationship.

The Mayflower was the ship that transported Pilgrims from Plymouth England to the New World. There were 102 passengers aboard, and the lengthy voyage is an iconic tale in American history.

An astrolabe is an elaborate instrument historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time and latitude, surveying, triangulation, and to cast horoscopes.