Captain John Smith
Call number: Rare F229 S7 G3 1624 Oversize
Captain John Smith (1580–1631), a soldier of fortune, for centuries was praised as the savior of the first permanent English settlement in North America, but more recently has been attacked as a conquistador, oppressor of native peoples, and agent of neo-feudalism. In fact, Smith was a materialist who belittled talk of moral goals, but he was comparatively enlightened in his dealings with the Indians. His vision of a more equal society based on widespread land ownership was rejected by the Virginia Company.
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In this video, Vice President for Collections E. Lee Shepard discusses John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles.
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