John Smith, Jamestown has been largely ignored in colonial ... and that the disaster-plagued Virginia Colony, perhaps more than Plymouth, was the seedbed of the American nation—a bold experiment ...

Q: According to John Smith's account of the ... The 1907 World's Fair held in Norfolk, Virginia celebrated the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Like many depictions, this logo ...

in what is now Virginia. Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard from the Indians that men wearing European clothes were living on the Carolina mainland west of Roanoke and ...

The Virginia Company of London was desperate to ... According to Captain John Smith, some finally resorted to cannabilism. One man even killed his wife in order to fill his stomach.

In December 1607, six months after the founding of the English settlement of Jamestown, Capt. John Smith was captured by a relative of Powhatan, the leader of a chiefdom based in what is now eastern ...

John Smith, an early leader in Jamestown, described her as beautiful ... and his marriage brought a short-lived peace to Virginia. It also provided an opportunity for the colony’s stockholders ...

Once more, the Virginia Company shareholders ... and it will participate with two others in Jamestown anniversary commemorative ceremonies in July. "John Smith's landing here was probably the ...

John Smith and Chief Powhatan had historic ... who ruled a vast territory across the Virginia tidewater. Smith, a canny mercenary who once did time as a Turkish slave, had reason to be wary.

The English settlement of Jamestown was important for the future ... by a council that included the legendary military captain John Smith and was headed by Edward Maria Wingfield.

Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National ... James and other rivers. Following Smith’s original maps and journals, the trail spans 3,000 miles in ...