Jamestown has a strong connection with the small hamlet of Willoughby in Lincolnshire, England, where today windows in St. Helena’s Church commemorate the Jamestown voyage of 1606-07, the founding of ...

We know from John Smith’s records that German glassmakers were brought in to manufacture glass to sell back in London. Here we have evidence of the glassmakers at work in the Jamestown fort.” From ...

Explorer, author, and cartographer John Smith became the leader of the Jamestown settlement when he assumed the presidency of its governing council on Sept. 10, 1608. The charismatic and controversial ...

The 393-year-old book is among the most important primary sources in early American history. Bound in its original 17th-century calfskin, its pages contain Capt. John Smith’s firsthand accounts of the ...

WASHINGTON - Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by ...

Dreams of glory -- "To conquer is to live" -- Voyagers west -- The "first mover" of Jamestown -- A charge of mutiny -- Disease, dissension, and death -- The great American myth -- Conflicting agendas ...