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Author
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (168 pages)
Language
English
Description
The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has been maintained and passed down from generation to generation within the Mattaponi Tribe, and the first written history of Pocahontas by her own people. --Provided by publisher.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set admidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Tells the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's journey of love lost and found again takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English society as we witness the dawn of a new America.
6) Pocahontas
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
[1-disc; special ed.]; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1607, the Virginia Company sends a ship from England to America to stake a claim on the New World and bring back the gold that is rumored to be abundant there. Ambitious Governor Ratcliffe is head of the expedition, but well-known explorer and adventurer John Smith is the natural leader. Well-armed, the men anticipate easily fighting off any one they encounter, but John Smith's first meeting with a native is not at all what he expects. Chief Powhatan's...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 469 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four centuries ago, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake region kidnapped an Indian teenager and took him back to Spain, a common occurrence at the time. What was uncommon in this case was that the young man eventually came back. During his timeabroad, the boy lived in Madrid, Seville, Havana, and Mexico City, becoming a favorite of King Philip II and converting to Catholicism in the process. In fact, his faith grew so strong, he said, that...
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