John Smith Timeline

Life of Captain John Smith, explorer, soldier, author, and early governor of Jamestown Colony.

John Smith serves as mercenary for various causes in Europe and the Mediterranean.

Pocahontas meets Captain John Smith at Jamestown.

John Smith is part of the expedition to establish the Jamestown Colony of Virginia.

John Smith takes control of the colonists of Jamestown as its governor and befriends Pocahontas.

John Smith injured in gunpowder explosion; returns to England.

John Smith maps and names region of New England.

John Smith taken captive by the French while en route to North America.

John Smith meets Pocahontas again in England.

John Smith publishes his General History of Virginia.

John Smith dies in England of natural causes.