Smith, John:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE TRUE TRAVELS, ADVENTURES AND OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICKE, AND AMERICA: BEGINNING ABOUT THE YEERE 1593, AND CONTINUED TO THIS PRESENT ... The Richmond edition, the first "modern" edition, of the Generall Historie of Virginia and The True Travels... of John Smith, and the first American edition of these seminal works on Virginia and Maryland. Captain John Smith was involved in the Jamestown colony in Virginia from its beginning in 1607, and his exploits during the difficult early days of the settlement, especially his dealings with the Indigenous peoples of the area, are the stuff of American legend. Besides his swashbuckling persona as a man of action, Smith was a careful observer and persistent and inquiring explorer. His activities included not only Virginia and the Chesapeake, but the exploration of the New England. The maps (only one of which is present in this set) reproduce the two Virginia maps found in the Generall Historie.... Contains notes on Indian vocabularies, as well as a wealth of information on Indigenous cultures.

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