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

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
surface form: 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 peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy

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, England
surface form: London
publicationCentury 17th century
publisher Michael Sparkes
relatedWork A Description of New England
A Map of Virginia
surface form: The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith
subject Bermuda (United Kingdom)
surface form: Bermuda

English colonization of North America
Jamestown settlement
surface form: 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 Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
this entity surface form: The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia
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, and the Summer Isles
this entity surface form: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles alternativeName The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
this entity surface form: The Generall Historie of Virginia
Captain John Smith notableWork The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles