The adventures of Captain John Smith, Captain of two hundred and fifty horse, and sometime President of Virginia . any higher with the Susan Constant or the God-speed. Their captains, therefore, looked out for aconvenient harbour in which to anchor. They foundone formed by a point of land just at the entrance tothe river on the left bank. Cheered and consoledafter all the hardships they had endured, they gave tothis headland the name of Point Comfort. The question was now, on what spot should theyplant their colony ? If you look at this map ofVirginia, you will see that it is watered by four n
The adventures of Captain John Smith, Captain of two hundred and fifty horse, and sometime President of Virginia . any higher with the Susan Constant or the God-speed. Their captains, therefore, looked out for aconvenient harbour in which to anchor. They foundone formed by a point of land just at the entrance tothe river on the left bank. Cheered and consoledafter all the hardships they had endured, they gave tothis headland the name of Point Comfort. The question was now, on what spot should theyplant their colony ? If you look at this map ofVirginia, you will see that it is watered by four noblerivers and their tributaries, the Potomac, the Eappa-hanock, the Pamaunke, and the Powhatan, all fallinginto Chesapeake Bay. Point Comfort is at the mouthof the Powhatan, which George Percy speaks of as thefamousest river ever discovered. Newport causedtheir barge to be built up, and with a few chosenmen set out to sail up these rivers and describes the shores by which they passed as aperfect paradise, abounding with deer, turkeys, and allkinds of wild animals and fruits, but he noticed also. (VMASSACHUSETTS),^ 3/»</<iW«n/.s $\* y (MAR^AND) K, c^Boston & Charles** ^~\ Jste rda: --(•VewVork) <o \ \ O £ ^Zts^Chesapeafie *
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