A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia

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A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia is an early 17th-century account of the Jamestown colony, written by Captain John Smith and considered the first published English narrative about Virginia.

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instanceOf colonial report ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
associatedPerson Virginia Company of London ⓘ
author John Smith ⓘ
authorName Captain John Smith ⓘ
chronologicalFocus 1607 ⓘ
early years of Jamestown colony ⓘ
circulation printed and distributed in England ⓘ
containsPerspective English colonial viewpoint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
describesEvent early struggles of the Jamestown settlers ⓘ
establishment of Jamestown in 1607 ⓘ
relations between English settlers and Native Americans in Virginia ⓘ
documentType report to patrons and potential investors ⓘ
fieldOfStudy American colonial history ⓘ
Atlantic world studies ⓘ
early American literature ⓘ
genre exploration literature ⓘ
narrative account ⓘ
hasModernEdition scholarly editions of John Smith's writings ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
intendedAudience readers in England interested in Virginia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium printed pamphlet ⓘ
originalScript early modern English ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
publicationYearApproximate 1608 ⓘ
regionDescribed Chesapeake Bay area ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy territory ⓘ
relatedWork The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ
significance earliest printed account of the Jamestown settlement ⓘ
first published English narrative about Virginia ⓘ
subject English colonization of North America ⓘ
Jamestown colony ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

Virginia colony ⓘ
early colonial encounters with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
usedAsSourceIn research on John Smith ⓘ
scholarship on early American history ⓘ
studies of Jamestown colony ⓘ

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John Smith → notableWork → A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia ⓘ
Captain John Smith → notableWork → A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia ⓘ
George Percy → notableWork → A True Relation of the Proceedings and Occurrences of Moment which have Happened in Virginia ⓘ
linked to: A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia