jamestown

This is a biography of the colonist and explorer who led the struggling Jamestown colony through its early years and helped found Virginia.

Reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s; and uncovers the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave girl, and others.

A description of the struggles of the English settlers in the colony of Jamestown, from 1607 to 1698, and their relationship with the neighboring Algonquian Indians.

Examines the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.

Photographs, illustrations, and maps describe the life of John Smith, who helped to settle the Jamestown colony in 1607.

Examines the life of sixteenth-century explorer and colonial leader John Smith, focusing on his role in establishing and governing the colony of Jamestown, and discussing his further explorations of New England.

A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

Discusses the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607, and looks at how the English colonists weathered disease, starvation, winter storms, and Native American attacks to survive and thrive under the leadership of Captain John Smith.

A biography of the English explorer John Smith, providing information on his childhood, and how his explorations paved the way for colonists,describing how his ingenuity and bravery served as an example of how to survive in the New World.

Discusses the circumstances surrounding English colonization of Virginia and the evolution of slavery in that colony.