 Ajacán Mission

The Ajacán Mission () (also Axaca, Axacam, Iacan, Jacán, Xacan) was a Spanish attempt in 1570 to establish a Jesuit mission in the vicinity of the Virginia Peninsula to bring Christianity to the Virginia Indians.The effort to found St. Mary's Mission predated the founding of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, by about 36 years.