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Codice albumGBB-F-006505
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Image IDGBB-F-006505-0000
XVI-XVII Century, USA: The explorer Captain JOHN SMITH (c. 1580 1631). Portrait by Henry Howe (1816-1893), pubblished by Childs Inman Philadelphia. Smith was a British soldier who was a founder of the American colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s and the colony State of VIRGINIA. In an expedition along the Chickahominy River, Smith was captured by a native band and taken to Algonquin chief Wahunsonacock, whom the English referred to as Powhatan. It is said that Powhatan's 12-year-old daughter, Pocahontas, rushed to save Smith from being killed as he was held down. After this, Powhatan allegedly regarded Smith as a figurative"son," granting him territory while having expectations of allegiance and mutual protection. Smith met Pochaontas again after she traveled to England in 1616 with husband John Rolfe and son Thomas. Believing that Smith was dead, she was astonished that hed never informed her that he was alive or intervened as matters worsened between the colonists and the Powhatans
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