There is no denying that Captain John Smith led an extraordinary life. From humble beginnings on a farm to life as a soldier ...

John Smith dies in England, having never returned to Jamestown, where archeologists are still working to uncover more of the colony's story. To learn more about Pocahontas, see Images of a Legend.

Twelve years earlier, in 1607, three ships carrying about 100 ... According to Captain John Smith, some finally resorted to cannabilism. One man even killed his wife in order to fill his stomach.

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Rediscovery will mark Jamestown Day, a commemoration of the establishment of James Fort more than 400 ...

John Smith, archaeologists are unearthing ruins ... APVA ) discovered a portion of the decayed ruins of the original 1607 Jamestown fort, a triangular wooden structure many historians were certain ...

John Smith, the first Englishman to explore ... on the banks of the James 400 years ago, in May 1607. The settlement they established at Jamestown gave the English their first enduring toehold ...

Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail follows the historic routes of the English explorer’s voyages between 1607 and 1609 on ... about ...

[Editor's Note: The Indian people the Jamestown colonists encountered were known by the same name as their chief, Powhatan.] Q: According to John Smith's account of the famous event—when ...

The Park Service plans to shed light on pre-Colonial Indian society at the site where Pocahontas met John Smith. In December 1607, six months after the founding of the English settlement of Jamestown, ...

This was also the name she was known by to the English who settled near her home in 1607. John Smith, an early leader in Jamestown, described her as beautiful in “feature, countenance ...