John Smith, English Explorer(c. 1580-1631)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: John Smith
• Birth: January 1580, Lincolnshire, UK
• Death: June 21, 1631, London, UK
• Language: English
• Who he was: English soldier, explorer, and settler of Jamestown; wrote The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles

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