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John Smith
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englischer Soldat und Gründer von Jamestown
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John Smith was a male explorer, military personnel, writer, and autobiographer from the Kingdom of England. Born in Willoughby and baptized on 1580-01-06, he served as a soldier. He wrote in the English language, which was also his native tongue. Smith died in London on 1631-06-21.
His notable works include The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America, A description of New England, Ancient map and views of Bermuda, Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience, and Harper's statistical gazetteer of the world. He is described by sources such as The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1580
- Died
- 1631
- Works
- 77
Top works
- Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where, or, the Pathway to experience to erect a plantation ...
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America
- Ancient map and views of Bermuda
- Harper's statistical gazetteer of the world
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1579 , Willoughby , Lincolnshire , Kingdom of England
- Died
- 21 June 1631 (aged 51), London , Kingdom of England
- Resting place
- St Sepulchre-without-Newgate , London
- Known for
- Helping to establish and govern the Jamestown colony , Exploration of Chesapeake Bay , Exploration and naming of New England , English literature
- Notable work
- A Description of New England , Generall Historie of Virginia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Willoughby
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Military rank
- soldier
- Image
- Captain John Smith gravure new.jpg
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- Commons category
- Captain John Smith
- date of death
- 1631-06-21
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of baptism
- 1580-01-06
- date of birth
- 1580-01-06
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- John Smith
- Commons Creator page
- John Smith (1580-1631)
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to John Smith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article · Deutsch
John Smith (* 1580 in Alford (Lincolnshire); † 21. Juni 1631 in London) war ein englischer Söldner und Abenteurer. Smith ist als einer der Gründer von Jamestown, der ersten dauerhaften englischen Siedlung in Nordamerika, in die Geschichte eingegangen. Historikern fällt es bis heute schwer, den Wahrheitsgehalt von Smiths Lebensberichten zu ermitteln, da er zu Selbstbespiegelung und zu starken Übertreibungen neigte. In der amerikanischen Folklore wurde er durch seine angebliche Liaison mit der Häuptlingstochter Pocahontas zu einem romantischen Helden verklärt.
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