Born in England in 1579, died in 1631; served against the
Turks, captured, but escaped and returned to England in
1605; sailed for Virginia in 1606, and helped to found
Jamestown; captured by Indians and his life saved by
Pocahontas the same year; explored the Chesapeake to its
head; president of the Colony in 1608; returned to London in
1609; in 1614 explored the coast of New England; captured by
the French in 1615 and escaped the same year; received the
title of Admiral of New England in 1617; published his "True
Relation" in 1608, "Map of Virginia" in 1612, "A Description
of New England" in 1616, "New England's Trials" in 1620, and
his "General History" in 1624.