A Brave Vessel - The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest
In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail aboard the Sea Venture, bound for the New World. Caught in a hurricane, the ship separated from its fleet and wrecked on uninhabited Bermuda, a bountiful island paradise its passengers would inhabit for nearly a year before reaching their intended destination, the famine-stricken colony of Jamestown.
Reading level: Ages 4-8 In April 1607, a group of English colonists landed in North America on what would become Virginia. These settlers included many wealthy gentlemen, along with bricklayers, carpenters, a barber, a tailor, a surgeon, and four boys. John Smith, a soldier, rounded out the group. Years later, John Smith wrote about his experiences in Jamestown. He mentioned 12-year-old Sam Collier.
Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throughout Europe, been sold as a war captive in Turkey, escaped, and returned to England in time to join the Virginia Company's colonizing project. In Jamestown migrants, merchants, and soldiers who had also sailed to the distant shores of the Ottoman Empire, Africa, and Ireland in search of new beginnings encountered Indians who already possessed broad understanding of Europeans. Experience of foreign environments and cultures had sharpened survival instincts on all sides and aroused challenging questions about human nature and its potential for transformation.
In this book, children learn the story of Pocahontas. Famous for helping maintain peace between the English colonists and Native Americans, this brave Indian woman befriended the settlers at Jamestown, saving the life of their leader, Captain John Smith, whom she later married.
-- Biographies of some of the most important explorers the world has known-- Ideal for research or class use -- Written in accessible, easily understood language -- Complements school curriculum
This English explorer was one of the original founders of the Jamestown colony
