The nearby landing was used by Captain John Smith when he mapped the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s. In addition, he drew a map that included the serpentine course of the river as it winds its ...

as far as John Smith and the Chesapeake were concerned. No doubt he was disappointed, as his backers in London would be, but he would still leave his imprint on the bay's shores. The map of the ...

The map is named after Pedro de Zuñiga, the Spanish ambassador who had sent a copy of John Smith’s original 1608 map of Virginia from England to Spain during that same year. Now, a flag on the ...

These are the imagined words of Captain John Smith ... Captain Smith and 12 men explored the Chesapeake in June 1608. It was an eye-opening sight, particularly in the context of the bay’s ...

There is no denying that Captain John Smith led an extraordinary ... would be provided with food. Smith spent the summer of 1608 mapping the Chesapeake Bay region and searching for gold and ...