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Author Smith, John, 1580-1631.

Title Captain John Smith : a select edition of his writings / edited by Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Published Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 290 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Contents John Smith : life and legend -- Jamestown : John Smith as leader -- John Smith as ethnographer : his relations with the Indians -- John Smith as interpreter of the environment -- The future of colonization
Summary This book presents an imaginative selection and thematic arrangement of Captain John Smith's most important writings. The goal is to make Smith accessible to scholars, students, and general readers alike. The editor's introductory material and notes clarify Smith's meaning and the context in which he wrote, while the selections are large enough to allow Captain Smith to speak for himself
Analysis Virginia Smith, John, 1580-1631
Bibliography "The published works of Capt. John Smith": pages 25-27
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-31) and index
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Subject HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Discoveries in geography -- British
SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143765
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091268
America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Early works to 1800
Subject America
New England
Virginia
Genre/Form History
Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1939-
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
ISBN 9781469601236
1469601230
9780807839317
0807839310
Other Titles Works. Selections. 1988