Designated as the first national water trail, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail follows the historic routes of the English explorer’s voyages between 1607 and 1609 on the ...

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Centering on the Chesapeake Bay, this water and road trail not only commemorates English explorer John Smith, but also the region’s Native ...

These are the imagined words of Captain John Smith, who led two expeditions on the Chesapeake in Southeast America in search of gold and silver back in the early 1600s. He found neither ...

In 1608, Capt. John Smith and 14 colonists left Jamestown, Va., in a 30-foot boat to explore the Chesapeake Bay. Observations collected during that voyage became the basis of Smith's 1612 map ...

We will explore the unsung role of Captain John Smith in the English colonization ... and conducted an important exploration and mapping of Chesapeake Bay. After being severely injured in a ...

With Jamestown slipping behind us, we headed downstream in the wake of Capt. John Smith, the first Englishman to explore the broad waters and many rivers of the Chesapeake Bay. Captain Smith—no ...

"Capt. John Smith's exploration of Virginia's waterways and the Chesapeake Bay is a fundamental part of America's history," Davis, a Republican from Gloucester, said in a press release.

John Smith was an English explorer ... At this point, the Virginia Company sent Smith to explore the Chesapeake in search of gold and a passage to the Pacific Ocean. Smith embarked on two lengthy ...

From there, the intrepid Capt. John Smith set out twice to explore the bay. His boat was small and tublike, his crew motley indeed. But from their voyages came the first map of the Chesapeake ...

After making a show of his wealth by feasting Smith with Chesapeake oysters ... the promise of friendship for Chief Powhatan and Captain John Smith, a tragic precursor to the bloodshed between ...