Capt. John Smith, Founder of Virginia, A Biography by Hill, George Canning - 1865

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1865. Hard Cover. Very Good. Captain John Smith Captain John Smith (1580-1631) by the young age of 24 years already had served with brilliance in the Dutch Wars and in the Near East. He escaped his Turkish captors and returned to England by 1604. A fast paced biography of Capt. Smith from his youth in England; experiences with the Turks; service in the Dutch Wars and Near East through the settlement of Jamestown. Illustrated throughout, frontispiece and illustrated title page. Red cloth boards, blind stamped design, darkened gitl to spine, spine ends rubbed, mild fraying of upper. Previous owners name plate to pastedown. Clean text, tightly bound. 12 mo, 286 pages.