The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles

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The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles is a 17th-century chronicle by Captain John Smith that recounts the early English exploration and colonization of North America and Bermuda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
alternativeName The Generall Historie of Virginia ⓘ
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles ⓘ
author John Smith ⓘ
contains descriptions of flora and fauna ⓘ
descriptions of geography ⓘ
illustrations ⓘ
maps ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasLaterEdition modern annotated editions ⓘ
hasPart account of Pocahontas ⓘ
account of the Sea Venture shipwreck ⓘ
description of New England coasts ⓘ
description of the Somers Isles ⓘ
narrative of the founding of Jamestown ⓘ
historicalSignificance important source for the history of Jamestown ⓘ
influential in shaping English perceptions of North America ⓘ
major primary source for early English America ⓘ
includesAccountOf Pocahontas ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

early English settlements in New England ⓘ
relations with Indigenous peoples in Virginia ⓘ
shipwreck of the Sea Venture on Bermuda ⓘ
influenced later colonial historiography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle Elizabethan prose ⓘ
mainProtagonist John Smith ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
third-person ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1624 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
publisher Michael Sparkes ⓘ
relatedWork A Description of New England ⓘ
The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith ⓘ
linked to: A Map of Virginia
subject Bermuda ⓘ
English colonization of North America ⓘ
Jamestown colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Somers Isles ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
early English exploration ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1607–1624 ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of early America ⓘ

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John Smith → notableWork → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ
John Smith → describedIn → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ
William Strachey → wrote → The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia ⓘ
linked to: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia → relatedWork → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles → alternativeName → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles ⓘ
linked to: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles → alternativeName → The Generall Historie of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
Captain John Smith → notableWork → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ
Michael Sparkes → published → "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" ⓘ
linked to: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
Michael Sparkes → notableWorkPublished → "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" ⓘ
linked to: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
A Description of New England → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ⓘ