The Portraictuer of Captayne John Smith, Admirall of New England
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Title
The Portraictuer of Captayne John Smith, Admirall of New England
Description
This engraved portrait of Captain John Smith, identified here as "Admirall of New England," is a detail from a map of New England that was included in Smith's book The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624). The same map and portrait had appeared in an earlier work by Smith, A Description of New England (1616). The caption beneath the image praises Smith for his "Faire-Discoveries and Fowle-Overthrowes Of Salvages, much Civilliz'd by thee."
Description courtesy of Encyclopedia Virginia.
Creator
Simon van de Passe
Robert Clerke
Source
Virginia Historical Society
Date
1624 edition; first published 1616
Rights
Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society
Coverage
Europe
seventeenth century
England
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Engraving
Citation
Simon van de Passe and Robert Clerke, “The Portraictuer of Captayne John Smith, Admirall of New England,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed May 28, 2022, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/148.