John smith jamestown colony

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John Smith (1579-1631)

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Captain John Smith has become a mythic hero in American history, largely because of the myths he himself created. Smith promoted the Virginia Company's interests in the New World and he provided the leadership necessary to save the colonists during the early years of the settlement.

Although many of his narratives seem boastful and swashbuckling, his accounts were intended to lure adventurous new settlers to Virginia.

John smith jamestown colony

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Smith's descriptions of the settlement of Jamestown and his encounters with the Indians of the region are invaluable resources of American history.

John Smith was baptized in Willoughby by Alford, England, on January 9, 1579.

He was the eldest son of George Smith and Alice Rickards. George Smith was a yeoman farmer who most probably worked for Peregrine Bertie (L