title: The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography (Adventure Classics)
author: John Thompson
description: Captain John Smith (1580-1631) was a founding member and, later, president of the governing council of the Jamestown settlement. He was the first to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay region and to establish trade relations with the Native Americans. <br /><br />John Thompson is the author of nine National Geographic books, including <i>America's Historic Trails, The Revolutionary War,</i> and <i>Our National Parks.</i> His assignments have taken him to almost every state in the country and have covered a wide range of natural and historical subjects. Thompson lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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  Captain John Smith
  
  
    
    
  PREFACE  
    
  I. BIRTH AND TRAINING  
    
  II. FIGHTING IN HUNGARY  
    
  III. CAPTIVITY AND WANDERING  
    
  IV. FIRST ATTEMPTS IN VIRGINIA  
    
  V. FIRST PLANTING OF THE COLONY  
    
  VI. QUARRELS AND HARDSHIPS  
    
  VII. SMITH TO THE FRONT  
    
  [VIII. THE FAMOUS CHICKAHOMINY VOYAGE  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos176918)[IX. SMITH'S WAY WITH
  THE INDIANS  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos230081)[X. DISCOVERY OF THE
  CHESAPEAKE  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos244266)[XI. SMITH'S PRESIDENCY
  AND PROWESS  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos256959)[XII. TRIALS OF THE
  SETTLEMENT  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos291712)[XIII. SMITH'S LAST DAYS
  IN VIRGINIA  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_001.html#filepos308639)[XIV. THE COLONY WITHOUT
  SMITH  
    
  ](Captain%20John%20Smith_split_002.html#filepos339008)[XV. NEW ENGLAND
  ADVE