Exploring the Chesapeake Bay With captain John Smith: 1608 and 2007

摘要

On 2 June 1608, only one year after the English landed at Jamestown, Captain John Smith and fourteen colonists set out in a small open boat, or "shallop," to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay. In one summer, Smith and his men rowed and sailed more than two thousand miles and saw a Chesapeake that is scarcely imaginable today, with its incredible ecosystem intact and a multitude of Native American communities thriving along its shores. The trail explored by Smith and his men opened the Chesapeake to thousands of European settlers, forever altering the face of the Bay and profoundly impacting the lives of those who lived around it.