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The Adventures of Captain John Smith; The Founder of the Colony of Virginia: (English)

The Adventures of Captain John Smith; The Founder of the Colony of Virginia: (English)

          
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1846 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. Smith s first voyage to New England in 1614--Treachery of Captain Hunt--Smith makes a map of the coast, and upon his return presents it to Prince Charles--Sails a second time for New England--/ taken by French pirates and carried a prisoner to Rochelle--Makes his escape during a storm--At length arrives in his own country--Publishes his description of New England--Goes through the western part of England distributing copies of his book--Circumstances which brought the Princess Pocahontas to England in 1616--She meets with Smith--Touching interview--Embassy of Vttamatomakkin--Pocahontas dies in England, leaving an infant son--News of OpechancanougK'- massacre at Jamestown in 1622--Smith proposes to revenge the death of his countrymen--In 1623, appears before King James's commission for reforming abuses in Virginia--In 1631, dies at London, in the fifty-second year of his age. Five years now pass away before we hear again of Captain Smith and of course I can tell you nothing of his employments during that time. At length, in the year 1614, we find him busy in London, making arrangements with some merchants there for an expedition to New England. Attempts had before this been made to plant colonies in that region, but they had failed, and greatly discouraged the people of England; but Smith's energy now roused these merchants to a new adventure. Two ships were made ready, and to save the expenses of the voyage, he was to employ himself and crew in searching for mines and capturing whales. If he failed in these two purposes, he was to bring home a cargo of such fish and furs as he could procure. In the month of March the ships departed--one commanded by Smith, the other by Captain Thomas Hunt. They arrived, on the last day of April, at the Isla...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458874030
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1458874036
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm

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