In the winter of 2006 a group of noted historians and scholars produced a concise account of John Smith's 1608 Chesapeake voyages as part of the National Park Service's Statement of Significance for the proposed Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail.  You can read the first ten sections of this history by selecting the links below, or click here  to see the entire document at the National Park Service's website.

 

First ten sections:

 

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1) Forward

2) The 1608 Chesapeake

3) Powhatan

4) The English

5) Worldviews

6) John Smith

7) The First Voyage

8) The Second Voyage

9) Smith Departs Virginia

10) Smith the Writer