a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
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The original English investors quickly turned over both the Jamestown and the Plymouth colonies to the settlers. 这些最初的英国投资者不久之后就把詹姆斯敦和普利茅斯这两处殖民地交给了移民。
Jamestown, though it possessed a good harbor, was swampy, infested with mosquitoes, and lacked freshwater sources. 詹姆斯敦,虽然真的是个很好的港口,但太过沼泽化,被蚊虫寄生,且缺乏新鲜的水源。