Explorer, author, and cartographer John Smith became the leader of the Jamestown settlement when he assumed the presidency of its governing council on Sept. 10, 1608. The charismatic and controversial ...
Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by John Smith. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. John Smith was a founder of Jamestown, England’s first permanent North American settlement. The accuracy of his famous ...
Long discussed in Rappahannock oral tradition, the village site can now be preserved by the tribe’s modern members.
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