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Captain John Smith (1580-1631) bronze statue. 1639 Jamestown Church. Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Island, Virginia, USA.

A bronze statue of Captain John Smith (1580-1631) stands next to the 1639 Jamestown Church at Historic Jamestowne, on Jamestown Island in Virginia, USA. He was an English soldier, explorer, author, and Admiral of New England who led exploration along rivers of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay. He helped establish the first permanent English settlement in North America, and was governor of the Virginia Colony 1608-1609. He was briefly associated with the Virginia Indian girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. John Smith named New England, and his books and maps encouraged more English people to colonize the New World: "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich."

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A bronze statue of Captain John Smith (1580-1631) stands next to the 1639 Jamestown Church at Historic Jamestowne, on Jamestown Island in Virginia, USA. He was an English soldier, explorer, author, and Admiral of New England who led exploration along rivers of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay. He helped establish the first permanent English settlement in North America, and was governor of the Virginia Colony 1608-1609. He was briefly associated with the Virginia Indian girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. John Smith named New England, and his books and maps encouraged more English people to colonize the New World: "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich."
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