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Smith, John (One of the founders)

one of the founders of Virginia, was born in 1579 in England.

He was a celebrated sea captain and adventurer who was one of the founders of Virginia, and of the company which settled at Jamestown in 1607. He was a forcible, vigorous writer, much given to magnifying his own exploits, and not always to be trusted in the absence of other testimony. He was the author of A True Relation of Virginia; The Generall Historie of Virginia, which is partly original and partly compiled; A Map of Virginia, with a Description of the Country; A Description of New England; An Accidence, or Pathway to Experience; A Sea Grammar; and The True Travels of Captain John Smith. He died in 1631.