by Peter Arenstam, John Kemp, and Catherine O’Neill Grace. Photographs by Sisse Brimberg and Cotton Coulson. It was dark, rainy, and cold out on the open Atlantic, and the ship pitched and rolled. There were no other vessels on the tossing waves. The travelers on Mayflower were alone. It was autumn 1620. The ship’s passengers-102 in all-did not think they were sailing into history. They were more concerned about the weather. But this wind-tossed ship they traveled in would become an important symbol in the history of the United States. Plimoth Plantation’s newest collaboration with National Geographic traces the 1620 Mayflower voyage from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts. The book documents the 66 day journey through numerous photographs taken aboard the Mayflower II (Plimoth Plantation’s reproduction ship), as well as maps and illustrations. Full of vivid portrayals of the ship’s passage, and rich with information that strips away some of the myths that surround that first voyage