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John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author.Following his return to England from a life as a soldier of fortune and as a slave, [1] he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.
In 1564, Elizabeth I granted the manor of Louth and some additional property to support the school. [1] Until 1964 King Edward's was a boys' school. In 1903 a girls' boarding school for 400 pupils was established nearby in Westgate House on Westgate, which became King Edward VI Girls' Grammar School.
Edward John Smith RD RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British sea captain and naval officer. In 1880, he joined the White Star Line as an officer, beginning a long career in the British Merchant Navy .
Captain John Smith sailed past it in his voyage up the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Land grants began issue around the 1680s. Land grants began issue around the 1680s. In the early 1900s, W. Stuart Symington Jr. (1871–1926) [ 2 ] bought the island's land (including three existing island farms) with his brother Thomas, to develop the island into a ...
Captain John Clint and James J. Bibby - Founders [11] Captain MacDonald and Mr. George Kendall. Supervised the re-fit of HMS Indefatigable to the TS Indefatigable. Captain John Groome appointed the first captain of TS Indefatigable in 1865–1881; 1881-1920s no record of captains. Captain Butterworth. ? =1927; Rear Admiral S.R. Miller 1927–1936
1624 edition of John Smith's History of Bermuda, in concert with Virginia and New England. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (often abbreviated to The Generall Historie) is a book written by Captain John Smith, first published in 1624.
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
[1] [3] [4] He served as a servant and page to captain John Smith and accompanied Smith on his explorations into the unknown parts of Virginia. [5] Collier was likely around 12-13 years old in 1607 which was a normal age for apprenticeships in England. [2] Collier accompanied Smith for his first meeting with Powhatan and Pocahontas. [6] [7]