The Complete Works of Captain John Smith (1580-1631) in Three Volume, Volume I: Volume I (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American ... and the University of North Carolina Press) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807896136 ISBN 13: 9780807896136

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1969

Synopsis

This publication represents one of the most significant events in the recent history of scholarship and publishing. Edited by the late Philip L. Barbour, acknowledged as the leading authority on Captain John Smith, this annotated three-volume work is the only modern edition of the works of the legendary figure who captured the interest of scholars and general readers for over four centuries. A hero and adventurer, Smith was the leader who saved Jamestown from self-destruction, and he was also instrumental in the exploration and settlement of New England. He produced one of the basic ethnological studies of the tide-water Algonkians, an invaluable contemporary history of early Virginia, the earliest well-defined maps of Chesapeake Bay and the New England coast, and the first printed dictionary of English nautical terms. This is Volume 1.

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About the Author

The late Philip L. Barbour was a specialist in American Indian linguistics and English expansion of the seventeenth century. He is the author of The Three Worlds of Captain John Smith and the editor of The Jamestown Voyages.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0807896136
• ISBN 13: 9780807896136
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 522
• Editor: Barbour Phillip L.