John Smith

John Smith and part of his famous 1616 map of New England

Here's the story of Captain John Smith you didn't get from the Disney flick

Explorer and mercenary Captain John Smith shaped modern America in many ways, spurring its colonization by the English. And his story goes far beyond his friendship with Native Americans like Pocahontas. A new biography argues that this cruel and heroic former mercenary was also the first to formulate the American Dream.

Here's the story of Captain John Smith you didn't get from the Disney flick
A detail of a window panel at St Helena's Church in Willoughby, Britain

Check out the church in Britain that celebrates John Smith, Pocahontas and the expansion of the English language

Check out the church in Britain that celebrates John Smith, Pocahontas and the expansion of the English language
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