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Apr 11, 2024 · John Smith. c. 1580–1631. John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and historian. He is most famous for his role in helping stabilize Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, and his legendary encounter with the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. John Smith. Image Source: Captain John Smith by Tudor Jenks, 1904.
Apr 9, 2024 · John Smith, English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He played an equally important role as a cartographer and a writer who vividly depicted the natural abundance of the New World, encouraging prospective English settlers.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1580-1631) Who Was John Smith? English soldier John Smith eventually made his way to America to help govern the British colony of Jamestown. After allegedly being saved from death by...
Apr 26, 2024 · After two of John Smith's wives were found to have gone missing, Janice Hartman and Betty “Fran” Gladden Smith, family members took on a decades-long quest for justice. John Smith was ...
John Smith, (baptized Jan. 6, 1580, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died June 21, 1631, London), English explorer. After a period as a military adventurer, he joined an English group preparing to establish a colony in North America.
Feb 22, 2021 · Captain John Smith (l. 1580-1631 CE) was an English explorer, soldier, author, and early governor of the Jamestown Colony of Virginia between 1607-1609 CE. Smith had served as a mercenary in his younger years and was well-versed in military discipline. His written works continue to serve as important primary sources for the history of his time.
Captain John Smith was an adventurer, soldier, explorer and author. Through the telling of his early life, we can trace the developments of a man who became a dominate force in the eventual success of Jamestown and the establishment of its legacy as the first permanent English settlement in North America.
