Links to Jamestowne Resources
 

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A Brief History of Jamestown (Virtual School)

"(The) Adventures of Captain John Smith, the Founder of the Colony of Virginia," by Lambert Lilly (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1842), full text online

APVA Preservation Virginia

Bay, Plain and Piedmont: A Landscape History of the Chesapeake Heartland from 1.3 Billion Years Ago to 2000, from the Chesapeake Bay Heritage Context Project (PDF)

"Captain John Smith (1579-1631), Sometime Governor of Virginia, and Admiral of New England," by Charles Dudley Warner (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1881), full text online

Capt. John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails, PDF file can be enlarged for detail, from National Park Service/US Department of Interior

"(The) Cradle of the Republic, Jamestown and James River," by Lyon Tyler Gardiner (Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1900), full text online

"Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography," edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), full text online

(The)First Americans: Jamestown Story (US News & World Report)

"(The) Founding of Jamestown, Percy's Discourse of Virginia, Wingfield's Discourse of Virginia, 1607, 1619," American History Leaflets, Colonial and Constitutional, No. 36, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart and Edward Channing; (Parker P. Simmons, 1907), full text online

"Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources," compiled by James Fletcher Boogher, (Washington, DC: James Fletcher Boogher, 1903)

Henry Spelman's Relation of Virginia, from American Journeys

Historic Jamestowne

History Classroom: Jamestown

History is Fun

History Net: A Brief History of Jamestown

History News Network: Jamestown article

Honoring Jamestown's Intrepid: VA Legislators Mark Settlement's Quadricentennial

Huntington Library Exhibit on Jamestown (PDF of Gallery Guide)

Jamestown: 1607, The First Months (observations by George Percy)

Jamestown 1609-1610: "Starving Time:" A True Relation by George Percy

Jamestown 400th Anniversary (BritainUSA.com)

Jamestown at 400: Chicago Tribune article

Jamestown Descendants' Group (AP Interview with Harrison Schroeder)
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Jamestown Events at the Library of Virginia

Jamestown Fashions from the Jamestowne Society

Jamestown: First-Hand Accounts, by Date (Virtual Jamestown)

Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company: A Conservator's Perspective

Jamestown Records: Series 8 of the Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress

"Jamestown, VA - 1624 Census": Rootsweb

Jamestowne Society - the National Society, headquartered in Richmond, VA

Jamestowne Society - Qualifying Ancestors Index

Jamestowne Society - Membership Process and Application

Jamestowne Society: Michigan Company Photo Slideshow from 400th Anniversary

Jamestowne Society - Jamestowne Reading Resources

Jamestowne Society - Chronology of the Jamestowne Period

Jamestowne Society - the Jamestowne Society Shoppe for Members

John Smith's map contrasts original shoreline he outlined with current day shoreline, from Virtual Jamestown

John Smith's Voyages of Exploration: June 2-July 21, 1608, and July 24-September 7, 1608, pdf files from the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network

(The) Life and Adventures of Captain John Smith: Comprising an Account of His Travels in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; Also, the Early History of Virginia and New England, including Sketches of Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opecancanough, and Other Distinguished Characters, by W. C. Armstrong (New York: H. Dayton, Publisher, 1859), full text online

Limited Edition Jamestown Oak Seedlings (Virginia Div. of Forestry)

List of English Monarchs, with Jamestowne Society period highlighted (PDF)

(The) Living and the Dead in Virginia, Feb. 16, 1623 - A Partial List

Making of America from Cornell Univ: Advanced Search (hint: terms "Jamestown" and "Virginia" produced 235 hits)

MSNBC: 400 Year Old Seeds Found in Jamestown Well

National Park Service: First Legislative Assembly

National Park Service: Jamestown vs. Plymouth

National Park Service: What Happened to the Three Ships?

"Pocahontas' Playmates," a booklet by Samuel Bemiss in the 1950s

"Pocahontas Revealed: Archaeologists Uncover the Reality Behind a Great American Myth," Companion Site to the PBS Program, includes "John Smith's Bold Endeavor," "Images of a Legend," "The Science of Jamestown," "Touching the Past"

"(The) Site of Old 'James Towne,' 1607-1698," by Samuel H. Yonge (Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, Printer, 1903), full text online

US Mint: Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coins

Virginia 400: Your Online Guide to 400 Years of Virginia History

"Virginia Vestusta, During the Reign of James the First, Containing Letters and Documents Never Before Printed, a Supplement to the History of the Virginia Company," by Edward D. Neill (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1885), full text online"

Waldseemuller Maps, 1507, 1516, from the Library of Congress: made by Martin Walseemuller (ca 1470-ca 1522), show the world before Jamestown

White Watercolors/DeBry Engravings, Index - Virtual Jamestown

Wikipedia Article on Jamestown

Windows to the New World: Discover Jamestown

 

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