The first English settlers to establish a permanent colony in America did it not at Plymouth but along the shore of the James River west of Chesapeake Bay.

第一批在美国建立永久殖民地的英国定居者不是在普利茅斯，而是在切萨皮克湾以西的詹姆斯河沿岸。

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Founded in 1607 with a charter from the Virginia Company of London, Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the Americas.

建立于1607年，作为伦敦公司从皇室得到的授权的一部分，詹姆斯敦成了英国在美洲第一个永久殖民地。

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Further afield four per cent are optimistic there will be a permanent human base on Mars while one in ten expect a colony of humans to be living in space.

有4%的人想得有点远，他们乐观地相信到时候火星上会有一个永久性人类基地，而十分之一的人认为2025年会有人移民太空。

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Once the capability to go existed, the prospect of regular visits, and then a permanent colony, would beckon.

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But, when it comes to growing crops and supporting a longer expedition -- or permanent colony -- it's more of a slow crawl.

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Mr Lane took a special interest in the two patches, learning that the British Museum had never determined what was under them even though the map had been in its collection since 1866 and was on show in 2007 as part of the quadricentennial of Jamestown, Virginia, the site of England's first permanent colony in America.

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