John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages, 1607-1609

Nicely printed book. Good paper and nice illustrations, maps and layout. Got me wondering about its accuracy when it attributed a John White drawing (p.43) of the Indian village of Pomeiooc as being located in the Albemarle Sound when it is most certainly on the Pamlico Sound, NC. Hope that's just an accident and the accuracy is better on other elements of the story.Only about 30% of this book really discusses The Smith voyages. The rest is background, environmental and geographical information. If you are looking for "pure Smith" book, this isn't it. I was somewhat disappointed that the title didn't seem to fit the presented material and seemed chosen to merely to sell the book.There is plenty of good, interesting info presented. It's not just about the Smith voyages.

This book probably has more detail than the average reader wants to know about the Chesapeake Bay region of John Smith's time. But if your relatives arrived in this region during the time covered, you will be very interested in it. And if you are also interested in the hisory of this region, it is THE guide for you. Fantastically interesting book for me and I learned a lot too!

Great read on the history of the area!!

Well Written and informative!