ASIN: B00C1PYGG6
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 42
*Includes pictures. *Includes quotes from Smith's accounts of his adventures. *Explains the controversies and debates over Smith's relationship with Pocahontas. *Includes a Table of Contents. “Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land... If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich." – Captain John SmithJohn Smith is one of the most common names in the English language and akin to the use of John Doe, but every Briton and American is familiar with the explorer and mercenary Captain John Smith, who helped found the first permanent British colony in the New World at Jamestown in 1607. From there, he went on to become the first Englishman to explore New England, and it was Smith who named the Chesapeake Bay. He wrote several accounts of his exploration and his time spent in the New World, becoming one of the first and most invaluable ...
