John Smith | A Brief Biography |
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If you need to stay busy for a couple of months, look no further than the writings of John Smith to keep you occupied. A prolific author with an itch for adventure, John Smith traveled more than many people will in their entire lifetime. The decisions he made had a staggering impact on those he met, and have continued to impact the lives of many people and the history books today. This video aims to capture the big picture of John Smith’s life and the legacy he has left behind.
A few links to John Smith's writings to check out – The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & The Summer Isles Together with the True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and A Sea Grammar By Captaine John Smith https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56347/56347-h/56347-h.htm The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by John Smith https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55199/pg55199-images.html A Sea Grammar https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A12469.0001.001 A True relation of such occurrences and accident of note, as hath hapned at Virginia, since the first planting of that Collony by John Smith (1608) https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/a-true-relation-of-such-occurrences-and-accidents-of-note-as-hath-hapned-at-virginia-since-the-first-planting-of-that-collony-by-john-smith-1608/ |