Going to the Source | Why Do We Always Go Back to John Smith as a Source?

Our Going to the Source series is our favorite. It is where we get to share many of the primary sources that we use at our museums. But why do we always seem to go back to Captain John Smith so often as one of our sources? In this video we’ll learn how Smith became such an important primary source.
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William Strachey -
Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia -- books.google.com/books?id=fYY...
Alexander Whitaker -
Good nevves from Virginia Sent to the Counsell and Company of Virginia, resident in England -- quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text...
Henry Spelman -
Relation of Virginia -- content.wisconsinhistory.org/...
John Smith -
1608 Broadside, A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Hapned in Virginia Since the First Planting of that Colony -- www.virtualjamestown.org/exist...
The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America -- www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...
The General Historie of Virginia, New England and The Summer Isles - www.gutenberg.org/files/56347...
A Sea Grammar -- quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text...