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John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author.Following his return to England from a life as a soldier of fortune and as a slave, [1] he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.
Trail map. The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail was established on December 19, 2006, by Pub. L. 109–418 (text) after a year of feasibility studies undertaken by the National Park Service and authorized by the United States Congress.
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.
John Smith's map of Virginia, ca. 1609. In the months before becoming president of the colony for a year in September 1608, Smith did considerable exploration up the Chesapeake Bay and along the various rivers. He is credited by legend with naming Stingray Point (near present-day Deltaville in Middlesex County) for an incident there.
A manifest of "new colonists" in the second fleet was recorded, in Volume 1 of The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles by Captain John Smith, published 1624. [22] Master Francis West and mariners on the voyage are omitted from the document. Partial list of passengers by Captain John Smith 1624
Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of A New Nation. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0307426703. Strachey, William. "The True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates" (f.p. 1625) in A Voyage to Virginia in 1609, Louis B. Wright, ed. (1965), 1–101. Woodward, Hobson (2009).
On the 1606–1607 voyage, it carried 71 colonists, all male, including John Smith. [1] [2] On June 22, 1607, Christopher Newport sailed back for London with Susan Constant and Godspeed carrying a load of supposedly precious minerals, leaving behind the 104 colonists and Discovery (to be used in exploring the area).
Chief Powhatan, detail of map published by John Smith (1612) David Beers Quinn concluded that the 1587 colonists sought to relocate to their original destination – Chesapeake Bay – using the pinnace and other small boats to transport themselves and their belongings. A small group would have been stationed at Croatoan, to await White's ...