Monument to Princess Pocahontas, daughter of a native American chief, in church of St Mary, Heacham, Norfolk. She married John Rolfe of Heacham Hall.

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The inscription (legible in photograph) reads: 'PRINCESS / MATOAKA REBECKA POCAHONTAS / DAUGHTER OF POWHATAN HEREDITARY OVERKING / OF THE ALGONQUIN INDIANS OF VIRGINIA / BORN 1595 BAPTISED 1613 DIED 1617 / HER ROMANTIC MARRIAGE IN 1614 TO / JOHN ROLFE / BROUGHT PEACE TO THE SETTLEMENT / TO MARK A PICTURESQUE EPISODE / IN THE HISTORY OF TWO NATIONS / THIS MEMORIAL WAS SET UP / BY FRIENDS IN / ENGLAND AND AMERICA / 1933'

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Size: 2203px × 3317px
Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England, UK
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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