[PDF] The Generall Historie Of Virginia New England The Summer Isles eBook

Author : John Smith
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Page : 425 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 1907
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This is the first of a two-volume work by Captain John Smith, the English adventurer and explorer who helped found Jamestown, the first permanent colony in North America.

Author : John Smith
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 1626
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Captain John Smith's history of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. Also included were maps and descriptions of the countries, peoples, customs and religions. Smith divided the book into six sections and included a table of contents, some margin notes and illustrations. Of note, this book was the source of the legend that Pocahontas "saved" Captain Smith (see page 49); it was not mentioned in prior writings.

Author : John Smith
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1557093628

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These two volumes contain the personal accounts of Captain John Smith, one of the first settlers of Jamestown, an early member of the Council of the Colony, and later the colony's leader. In these works, the story of Pocahontas first appears.

Author : John Bernhard Smith
Publisher : Awnsham and John Churchill
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 26,85 MB
Release : 1704
Category : Voyages and travels
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Captain John Smith dmiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely. He was considered to have played an important part in the establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. He was the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area and New England. His books and maps were important in encouraging and supporting English colonization of the New World. He gave the name New England to the region and noted: "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land... If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industries quickly grow rich." When Jamestown was England's first permanent settlement in the New World, Smith trained the settlers to farm and work, thus saving the colony from early devastation. He publicly stated "He that will not work, shall not eat", quoting from the Bible, 2nd Thessalonians 3:10. Harsh weather, lack of water, living in a swampy wilderness and attacks from the Powhatan Indians almost destroyed the colony. The Jamestown settlement survived and so did Smith, but he had to return to England after being injured by an accidental explosion of gunpowder in a boat.