A biography of Mayflower passenger, Jamestown colonist and Bermuda castaway Stephen Hopkins. In April 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit, to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure: but not for Stephen. By the time he had turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once even sentenced to death! He got himself and his family onto the Pilgrims' Mayflower and helped found Plymouth Colony. He signed the "Mayflower Compact", lodged the famous Squanto in his house, participated in the legendary Thanksgiving, and helped guide and govern the early colonists. Yet Stephen was just an ordinary man, with a wife, three sons, seven daughters, a small house, some farmland for his corn, and cows named Motley, Symkins, Curled, and Red Cole. These are the extraordinary adventures of an ordinary man. This historical biography uses meticulously recreated historical scenes, combined with imagery of the original documents and book passages. The Illustrated Edition has been fully rewritten for the new presentation layout, and includes new material that has been discovered since the original edition of 2007.