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John A. Smith has 105 books on Goodreads with 30 ratings. John A. Smith’s most popular book is Little Fish Big Pond: foreword by Capt. Fatty Goodlander.
- Early Letters
- A Description of Virginia
- Later Writings
Captain John Smith's first writings about Jamestown took the form of letters sent to England on a supply ship along with an early map. This account was published as A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate As Hath Happened in Virginia. This letter accounted for the period between December, 1606 and June 2, 1608, before Smith embar...
Captain Smith and several of the gentlemen on his crew kept notes on nature, geography, people, and events during their time in the Chesapeake Bay, including their 1608 voyages. In 1612, Smith published A Map of Virginia: With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion. The book provides a mapand a narrative tha...
John Smith published additional writings including The Generall Historie of Virginia (1624) and The True Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith (1630). These books recount the same incidents described in earlier works but introduce new details and descriptions. Famously, the story of Pocahontassaving Smith’s life was not mentioned in 160...
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Exploration and naming of New England. English literature. Signature. John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in ...
Jan 11, 2022 · General Overviews. Smith is a complex and contested figure, and his deeds and writings have stimulated a steady flow of commentary from historians, literary critics, cultural studies scholars, filmmakers, poets, and novelists.
