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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
  
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FOREWORD
  
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
CONTENTS
  
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  
EDITORIAL METHOD>
  
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
  
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
  
Prologue
  
Early Life
  
Founding of Jamestown
  
Colonial Propagandist
  
Smith in History
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  
Smith as Autobiographer
  
Smith as Compiler
  
Smith as Geographer
  
Smith as Ethnographer
  
Smith as Soldier and Governor
  
Smith as Sailor and Admiral
  
Smith as Trader
  
Smith and His Latter-Day Critics
  
The Legendary John Smith
  
Bibliographical Note on the Arber Text of Smith's Works

  
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Captain John Smith
  
A TRUE RELATION of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate as Hath Hapned in Virginia ...
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INTRODUCTION
  
Summary
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Note on Editorial Method
  
Recension of the Narratives of Smith's Captivity
  
Chronology of Events in Jamestown, 1606-1608
  
A True Relation of such occurrences and accedents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne from thence.
  
TO THE COURTEOUS READER.
  
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A TRUE RELATION of such occurrences and accidents of note, as hath hapned in Virginia, since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO A True Relation
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Hyphenation Record
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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Entry in the Stationers' Register
  
Editions
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A MAP OF VIRGINIA. With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion
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INTRODUCTION
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Chronology of Events in Virginia, 1608-1612
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A MAP OF VIRGINIA.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL
  
TO THE HAND.
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Because many doe desire to knowe the maner of their language, I have inserted these few words.
  
Their numbers.
  
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THE DESCRIPTION OF VIRGINIA
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Of such things which are naturall in Virginia and how they use them.
  
Of their Planted fruits in Virginia and how they use them.
  
The commodities in Virginia or that may be had by industrie.
  
Of the naturall Inhabitants of Virginia.
  
Of their Religion.
  
Of the manner of the Virginians governement.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO A Map of Virginia
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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Editions
  
Schedule A. Limits of Exploration 1607-1609 as Indicated by Maltese Crosses on the Smith/Hole Map
  
Schedule B. Indian Villages and River Names
  
Schedule C. Nations or Tribes Peripheral to Powhatan's Domain
  
Specialized Bibliography Pertinent to the Smith/Hole Map
  
THE PROCEEDINGS of the English Colonie in Virginia, [1606-1612] ...
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Hyphenation Record
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INTRODUCTION
  
Printing History
  
Note on the Authors Who Collaborated in the Proceedings
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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENGLISH COLONIE IN
  
TO THE READER.
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THE PROCEEDINGS of the English Colony in Virginia, taken faithfully out of the writings of Thomas Studly Cape-marchant, Anas Todkill, Doctor Russell, Nathaniel Powell, William Phetiplace, and Richard Pot, with the laboures of other discreet observers, during their residences.
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Chapter 1.
  
Chapter 2. What happened till the first supply.
  
Chapter 3. The arrivall of the first supply with their proceedings and returne.
  
Chapter 4. The arivall of the Ph'oe'nix, her returne, and other accidents.
  
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Chapter 5. The accidents that happened in the Discoverie of the bay.
  
Chapter 6. What happened the second voyage to discover the Bay.
  
Chapter 7. The Presidencie surrendred to Captaine Smith, the arrivall and returne of the second supply: and what happened.
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The proceedings and accidents, with the second supply.
  
Chapter 8. Captaine Smiths journey to Pamaunke.
  
Chapter 9. How we escaped surprising at Pamaunke.
  
Chapter 10. How the Salvages became subject to the English.
  
Chapter 11. What was done in three monthes having victuall. The store devoured by rats, how we lived 3 monthes of such naturall fruits as the countrie afforded.
  
Chapter 12. The Arivall of the third supply.
  
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION TO The Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Hyphenation Record
  
A DESCRIPTION of New England ...
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INTRODUCTION
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Summary
  
Chronology of Early New England, 1602-1620
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A DESCRIPTION of New England:
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For the Right Honourable, Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chiefe Justice of England.
  
TO THE HIGH Hopeful Charles, Prince of Great Britaine.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE and worthy Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, of his Majesties Councell, for all Plantations and discoveries; especially, of New England.
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL Adventurers for the Countrey of New England, in the Cities of London, Bristow, Exceter, Plimouth, Dartmouth, Bastable, Totneys, etc. and in all other Cities and Ports, in the Kingdome of England.
  
IN THE DESERVED Honour of the Author, Captaine John Smith, and his Worke.
  
TO HIS WORTHY Captaine the Author.
  
TO MY WORTHY friend and Cosen, Captaine John Smith.
  
TO THAT WORTHY and generous Gentleman, my verie good friend, Captaine Smith.
  
TO HIS FRIEND Captaine Smith, upon his description of New England.
  
IN THE DESERVED HONOUR of my honest and worthie Captaine, John Smith, and his Worke.
  
MICHAEL PHETTIPLACE, William Phettiplace, and Richard Wiffing, Gentlemen, and Souldiers under Captaine Smiths Command: In his deserved honor for his Worke, and worth.
  
BECAUSE THE BOOKE WAS PRINTED ERE the Prince his Highnesse had altered the names, I intreate the Reader, peruse this schedule; which will plainely shew him the correspondence of the old names to the new.
  
A DESCRIPTION OF New-England,
  
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To his worthy Captaine, the Author.
  
To my honest Captaine, the Author.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO A Description of New England ...
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Hyphenation Record
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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Entry in the Stationers' Register
  
Editions
  
Letter to Sir Francis Bacon
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INTRODUCTION
  
Background
  
The Letter to Bacon
  
Summary
  
Editorial Method
  
To the Right Honorable
  
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New Englands Trials
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INTRODUCTION
  
Summary
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NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS.
  
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL The Maister, the Wardens, and the Companie of the Fish-mongers.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE,
  
NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO New Englands Trials (1620)
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
Hyphenation Record
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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Entry in the Stationers' Register
  
Editions
  
New Englands Trials
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INTRODUCTION
  
Summary
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NEW ENGLAND'S TRIALS.
  
TO THE MOST HIGH And Excellent Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Duke of Cornewall, Yorke, and Albanie; Marquis of Ormond, and Rothsey; and Earle Palatine of Chester; Heire of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, etc.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE And Right Worthy Adventurers, to all Plantations and Discoveries, their friends and well-willers, especially of Virginia and New England.
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NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS, and Present Estate.
  
The benefit of fishing, as Master Dee reporteth in his Brittish Monarchie
  
Master Gentleman and many Fisher-men and Fish-mongers with whom I have conferred, report,
  
But divers other learned experienced Observers say, though it may seeme incredible,
  
A plantation in New England.
  
The copie of Letter sent by this ship.
  
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An abstract of Letters sent from the Collony in New England, July 16. 1622.
  
TEXTUAL ANNOTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO New Englands Trials (1622)
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TEXTUAL ANNOTATION
  
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A True Relation of such occurrences and accedents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne from thence.

Written by Captaine Smith one of the said Collony, to a worshipfull friend of his in England.

LONDON

Printed for John Tappe, and are to bee solde at the Greyhound in Paules-Church yard, by W.W.

1608

[The editor is grateful to the New York Public Library for permission to reproduce this title page.]

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