Welcome to this website which is dedicated to the memory of Captain John Smith.
It should make all Americans proud to have someone of such great personal character as Captain John Smith as a founding father of Jamestown, the birplace of this USA.
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There has been many untruths published about Smith in the past by lazy authors who have not read Smith's works in their original form.
To really know Captain John Smith, you need to read his books. John Smith published books about his experience. He wrote an autobiography. He illuistrated his autobiography. It may be the earliest true is truly an autobiogrophy (if not the first such).I have contact British libraries and have not received conclusive answeres as of yet. But in any case, having illuistrations in the autobiography is awsome. We learn about the English and Native American attire, villages, etc.
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Captain John Smith led the most exciting life of any person I ever heard of. He was 27 years old when he came to Jamestown and was one of the people in charge in 1607. He of course will be captured during his brief years at Jamestown, and save from death by Pocahontas. This makes Smith famous forever.
But this is just a starting point.
Smith had led a full and amazing life before coming to Jamestown.
Smith invested about a half million dollars into the Jamestown effort. Yet he had been a farmers son. Where did he get this money? It was a reward for heroism for fighting a series of three Turks in one-on-one in mortal combat in front of 10's of thousands fellow soldiers and Turkish soldiers - when he was 20 years old.
Didn't know this? maybe you might wish to read a book about him.
If you really want to get to know Smith, to make sure you are getting the unbiased real story, then read his own words of his illustrated autobiography. He writes pretty well.
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Also look at the maps he made of Virginia and New England.
Smith actually named the northern coast of Virginia New England. The maps were awesome and accurate. He accomplished so much in so few years, much more than anyone else in this time period.
What makes him so fascinating to me is that he practiced good ideals. I get from reading his books that he felt the pathway to success was goodness. It is apparent to me that these ideals won him friends and saved his life and the lives of others during trying times at Jamestown.
Many historians have said that Captain John Smith was the savior of the Jamestown colony. In fact soldiers that served with Smith at Jamestown later wrote that Smith's "adventures were our lives, his loss our deaths".
If you want to learn more about him, and get book recommendations, visit the website on Captain John Smith (click on his name to the left).
The biggest question is why someone has not made a true movie about Captain John Smith. Why make these fiction movies about Captain John Smith when you have such a fantastic true story?
The highest compliments someone can have is having good friends. That he had many is evident from the testimonials written as introductions to Smith's books by soldiers who served with him, ministers, historians and others.
